Physical education

Is the Lionesses’ legacy changing the face of school football?

Our data shows change is happening unevenly across the education sector, explains Iain Ford, but it is happening

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Iain Ford
Opinion: Academy trusts

Harlow Academy now thrives – but schools need more safeguards

Not enough has been done to ensure the harm caused at Harlow Academy never happens elsewhere, write Warren Carratt…

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Wayne Norrie and Warren Carratt
Opinion: Attendance

We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty

A 100 per cent attendance target is a blunt tool for fixing systemic problems and will only make matters…

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Nadeine Asbali
Opinion: Attendance

Everyone must obsess over full attendance from day one

Ministers must ensure all agencies are held responsible for helping schools to solve the attendance crisis, writes Dame Rachel…

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Dame Rachel De Souza
RAAC

Lack of funding – not lack of action – has put schools on the RAAC

We’ve followed guidance to the letter but we can’t repair or rebuild our school without funding, say Caroline Derbyshire…

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Caroline Derbyshire and James Saunders
Opinion: Curriculum

The climate crisis requires a thoughtful curriculum response

We need to look beyond quick fixes to sustained and sustainable approach, write Mary Myatt and Heena Dave

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Mary Myatt and Heena Dave
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s top priority must be to get its own house in order

Under a new boss, the inspectorate must find a way to celebrate all hard-working schools and speak truth to…

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Nick Brook
Artificial Intelligence

What medicine can teach us about regulating AI in education

The critical issue is accountability. If an AI tool gives inaccurate results, who is responsible?

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Alex Scharaschkin
RAAC
The DfE is

The DfE has left schools between a RAAC and a hard place

To close or not to close? The RAAC issue leaves schools in a tough spot with no obvious end…

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Andrea Squires

Must Read

Opinion: Solutions
mental health

How to mitigate disadvantage in the classroom

We must get under the bonnet of disadvantage as it applies to individuals to have any chance of mitigating…

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Finola Wilson
Opinion: Workforce

The sector has taken another big step in parent-teacher support

Developments at the National Education Union’s conference give hope that we may soon stem the flow of parents out…

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Emma Sheppard
Opinion: Accountability

How Ofsted can ensure inclusion and equity go hand in hand

Ofsted must ensure its new framework for inclusion is applied consistently and fairly in every school

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Lee Elliot Major

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,…

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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
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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,…

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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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