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Opinion: SEND

The mental health crisis calls for urgent policy solutions

Andrew Howard describes the desperate state of SEMH support – but argues the solutions are already here for determined…

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Andrew Howard

Maths

What will it take to make maths to 18 a reality?

Simon Coyle identifies six strands to deliver a new maths deal for young people, drawn from a new collection…

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Simon Coyle

Policy

Four government priorities to support a sector-led system

Our fragile system only needs ministers to provide strategy and vision on four core missions to build its resilience,…

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Leora Cruddas

Racism

Braverman’s dangerous rhetoric puts pupils at risk

Everyone in education has good cause to resist the home secretary’s dangerous words on immigration, says Daniel Kebede

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Daniel Kebede

Conservatives Conference 2023

The mobile phone ban in schools is the solution to the wrong problem

The ubiquity of smartphone use raises problems that won’t be solved by a school ban alone, writes Michael Baxter

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Mike Baxter

Opinion: Attendance

Lessons in attendance from special schools

In the week that the education committee releases its report on persistent absence, Nicola Law shares insights from a…

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Nicola Law

Politics

No smoke and mirrors can hide the parlous state of our schools

Try as they might, nothing can distract teachers from a government that’s run out of road, says Mary Bousted…

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Mary Bousted

Opinion: Solutions

How to talk to young people about body image

Nic Ponsford provides some useful strategies to increase young people’s body confidence and empower them to be their authentic…

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Nic Ponsford

Opinion: Academy trusts

Joining a MAT helped us rebuild trust and re-imagine success

Being brokered to a MAT after a poor Ofsted showing was not the unpleasant experience some had feared, says…

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Melanie Hall-Judd

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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