Opinion: Solutions

Seven tips to support autistic students through exam season 

Seven tried-and-tested approaches to help autistic learners achieve their potential and have the best possible experience of exam season

JL Dutaut
Gemma Buley
Opinion: Curriculum

The antidote to extremism is effective Religious Education

Rising social tensions leaking into our schools should be the province of a well-trained workforce of RE teachers, says…

JL Dutaut
Sanjeev Baga
Opinion: Accountability

Can we have a better debate about school improvement?

Instead of arguing about which shade of toast is best and who burned it, can we please talk about…

JL Dutaut
Les Walton
Opinion: Policy

Government by expectation is no way to run education

The creep from ‘schools must’ to ‘schools should’ is a sign of a government either unable or unwilling to…

JL Dutaut
Julie McCulloch
Manifesto 2024

Five policies to improve retention (while we await funding)

A new government won’t be able to dodge the issue of pay for long, but there are ways it…

JL Dutaut
Lucy Heller
The Knowledge

How do workforce views differ on pay and conditions?

New data reveals who is most – and least – satisfied with their pay, their workload and the resources…

JL Dutaut
John Jerrim
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s pernicious impact goes far beyond inspection itself

A new survey reveals school leaders are beset by extreme negative emotions for protracted periods due to Ofsted’s model…

JL Dutaut
James Pope
Opinion: Workforce

Another NPQ funding cut is more evidence of damaging short-termism

Years of building up a strong offer on professional development have been undermined and will hurt recruitment and retention

JL Dutaut
Gareth Conyard
Opinion: Policy

The next government must burst the Westminster bubble

North of Tyne demonstrates what’s possible when decision making is meaningfully devolved – and we need much more of…

JL Dutaut
Jamie Driscoll

Must Read

Opinion

Banning phones in schools is a lazy opt-out  

No one disagrees unfettered use of smartphones in schools is a bad thing, but indulging in a moral panic…

Freddie Whittaker
Hannah Carter
Opinion

Why we’ve got ‘stuck’ schools all wrong

Stuck schools often get a ‘hero’ leader, but there are much better solutions, argues Seamus Murphy

Freddie Whittaker
Seamus Murphy
Curriculum

The curriculum review isn’t ‘dumbing down’ – it’s levelling up

Critics claiming the curriculum review ‘dumbs down’ Gove’s education reforms are way off the mark, says Sir Hamid Patel…

John Dickens
Sir Hamid Patel

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

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

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

John Dickens
Sam Sykes
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
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