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Opinion: Workforce

Why reactivation is as crucial as recruitment and retention

Actually solving the recruitment and retention crisis is incredibly straightforward if we put evidence above political quick fixes, says…

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Callum Robertson

Policy

Why we need to stop talking about disadvantage (and what we should talk about instead)

Lee Elliot Major explains why a change of language could be crucial in shaping the conversation around poverty and…

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Lee Elliot Major

special schools

Specialist provisions are over-subscribed but under-utilised

APs, PRUs and special schools can and should be some much more that a place for children to go…

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Christina Jones

Online safety

Online safety: What Ofcom’s new guidance means for schools

The new law and Ofcom’s new guidance don’t let schools off the hook, but they do make the future…

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Mark Bentley

Opinion: Legal

Legal explainer: Is Keegan right about sharing copyright RSHE resources with parents?

The secretary of state has said copyright is ‘void and unenforceable’ when it comes to parental access to RSHE…

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Marcus Collins

Opinion: Solutions

Five steps to understand and address emotionally-based school avoidance

A child-centred approach is key to reducing emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA) says Rachel Bostwick

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Rachel Bostwick

Inclusion

Specialist settings can’t solve all of mainstream’s problems

The north east’s schools are bearing the brunt of a national crisis of unmet needs and insufficient support, explains…

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Chris Zarraga

Leadership

Aspiring leaders should be taught the 3 Rs of inner work

Overly focusing on operational skill neglects inner work that is fundamental to succeeding (and remaining) in leadership, says Bukky…

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Bukky Yusuf

Opinion: Workforce

Diversity is key to tackling the recruitment crisis

Who we recruit, how we equip them and the routes towards qualification must all be broadened to attract and…

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Leila MacTavish

Must Read

The Knowledge

Are schools pushing views about race on their pupils?

Our new research shows some students’ free speech is being limited – but not in the ways some commentators…

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Professor Karl Kitching

Opinion: Politics

Continuity at the top is crucial to Labour’s opportunity mission

Talk of a reshuffle may have the education secretary’s detractors excited, but it would be bad news for a…

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Simon Kidwell

The Curriculum Conversation

The last thing history needs is more revolution

History teachers already have the tools to drive improvement. We mustn’t jeopardise that in the quest to modernise

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Michael Fordham

ITT

Degree apprenticeships are key to increasing and diversifying recruitment

Work to deliver the new qualification should continue at pace to meet recruitment challenges by making teaching more accessible,…

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Melanie Renowden

ITT

ITT: Which is the odd one out?

The deeply flawed ITT reforms are a threat to sustainable teacher supply for purely ideological purposes, writes David Spendlove

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David Spendlove

EXAMS

Exams

How sitting an exam re-affirmed my respect for our students

I still believe exams to be the best way of testing academic knowledge and understanding but they’re no bagatelle,…

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James Handscombe

Exams

The number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

The stereotype that could be feeding exam anxiety

The ‘snowflake’ stereotype is damaging and unjustified, but a more pervasive idea may be perpetuating exam anxiety, says Stephen…

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Stephen Caldwell

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