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How we’ve centralised curriculum design to improve teaching

Reducing workload and improving teaching are priorities for our trust – but we must achieve these in balance with…

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Dr Tim Mills
Opinion

Let’s have a better debate on the role of private schools

Whether it’s genuine confusion or political point-scoring, misinformation around Labour’s private schools policy means we’re not properly valuing cross-sector…

Freddie Whittaker
John Smith
Opinion: Sustainability

Greener special schools are within reach – it’s just a matter of approach  

How can we combine efforts to ramp up special school capacity with our net zero ambiutions for the sector?

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Dan Allison
Opinion: Academy trusts

Four barriers to scalable growth – and how to overcome them

Academy trust growth is back on the agenda, so here are some lessons from failures of the past as…

JL Dutaut
Michael Pain
Election 2024

Election 2024: The rise of the comprehensive kids?

The educational background of a potential Labour administration would look very different to what we’re used to, writes Ed…

Freddie Whittaker
Ed Dorrell
Opinion: Solutions

How to lead through inflection moments

At times of big change and high pressure, effective leaders bring their teams back to their core values to…

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The Research Leader

How are schools dealing with rising parental complaints?

As a new study shines a light on measures that could support schools to mitigate against rising parental complaints

JL Dutaut
Dai Durbridge
Opinion: Attendance

How we’ve come top of the table for our attendance success

Our schools’ competitive spirit is driving us to better and better attendance – but a league table like ours…

JL Dutaut
Joshua Coleman
Opinion: Academy trusts

Asleep on the job? How trusts have missed out on £53 million

New research shows academy trusts have failed to capitalize on interest rates and are likely missing out on more…

JL Dutaut
Nigel Brunning

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Given the choice, do we want SEND segregation in education?

If we accept specialist facilities should exist primarily to support inclusion, rather than as parallel systems, we must consider…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Vasilis Strogilos
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What we learned from four Ofsted report card inspections

If the renewed framework can play a role in supporting our own high expectations, then we welcome it with…

Freddie Whittaker
Andrew Rigby
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We need your input to ensure NPQs provide the skills needed in schools 

The demands on leaders are shifting, and the frameworks that support them have to move too. Evidence and practice…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Herminder Channa

ITT

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,…

JL Dutaut
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
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University clearing: How teachers can support students 

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

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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
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