Opinion

Carols show music education is not just for Christmas

In an end-of-term message, the schools minister encourages leaders to participate in government’s ‘national plan for music education’

Freddie Whittaker
Damian Hinds
2023 in review

2023 in review: Exhaustion has reached the boardroom

2023 will go down as the year that the recruitment and retention crisis brought school governance itself to breaking…

JL Dutaut
Edward Vitalis
Opinion: Sustainability

COP28: UK drives international collaboration but there’s more to be done at home

Ana Romero reflects on her time at the COP28 summit in Dubai and the place of education at the…

JL Dutaut
Ana Romero
The Knowledge

Are teacher commutes getting any greener?

Teacher commutes are decarbonising very slowly but there are signs that efforts are building up a head of steam

JL Dutaut
Iain Ford
2023 in review

2023 in review: How much more of a kicking can we take?

We’ve been playing on a slanted pitch for far too long and players are abandoning the game

JL Dutaut
Keziah Featherstone
2023 in review

2023 in review: We look after more and more, but who looks after us?

Becky Black reflects on a year when long-term disruption by RAAC resulted in a short pause from Ofsted. A…

JL Dutaut
Becky Black
2023 in review

2023 in review: Our focus must be on rebuilding a broken social contract

Trust leaders must learn from our longest-standing institutions and put long-term aims over short-term results

JL Dutaut
Peter Hughes
The Knowledge

What parents told us about their children’s mental health

Parents across the UK are worried about the mental state of their children, reveals a new survey

JL Dutaut
Jason Elsom
Opinion: Curriculum

Building blocks for teaching tomorrow’s environmentalists

The Crown Estate have launched two educational Minecraft worlds to engage young people with gree skills and conservation

JL Dutaut
Judith Everett

Must Read

Opinion: Edtech

AI bias poses serious risks for learners with SEND

The promise of personalised learning masks very real risks that demand careful attention from educators and policymakers

JL Dutaut
Michael Finlay
Opinion: Curriculum

What teachers want from a reformed English GCSE

The dialogue surrounding curriculum reform in England, particularly within GCSE English, remains as essential as ever.  Recent insights from…

JL Dutaut
Leandri Dannhauser
Opinion: Teaching Commission

Here’s how we can finally begin to fix the teacher supply crisis

If we’re going to hang on to more of them, then teachers need a better deal than summer respite…

JL Dutaut
Baroness Mary Bousted

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

JL Dutaut
David Spendlove
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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,…

JL Dutaut
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…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell
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