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Opinion: Accountability

Ignored and victimised: Whistleblowers deserve better protection

Frances Akinde reflects on the consequences of choosing to speak out about malpractice and calls for genuine transparency and…

JL Dutaut

Frances Akinde

Making room for impact

Dylan Wiliam, UCL Institute of Education

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Dylan Wiliam

Opinion: Mental health

Rural communities need targeted support with mental health

Government’s desire for consistent provision can’t become a barrier to meeting the specific mental health needs of rural communities,…

JL Dutaut

Dan Morrow

Opinion

The next government must learn from Sir Tim Brighouse’s legacy

Former education secretary Baroness Morris pays tribute to a ‘guiding light, wise counsel and a good friend’

Freddie Whittaker

Baroness Estelle Morris

2023 in review

2023 in review: We can find elegant solutions to our wicked problems

Specialist provision has risen up the political agenda and risen to its challenges- but it can’t keep doing ever…

JL Dutaut

Sarah Baker

Opinion: Academy trusts

How a trust merger has grown our ambition and scale

Bringing two trusts together isn’t without its challenges but the rewards are for everyone

JL Dutaut

Dan Thomas

Opinion: Policy

Could Brighton lead a revaluation of parental choice?

A consultation from the Labour-run council could lead to admissions changes that level the playing field of choice and…

JL Dutaut

Sara Bragg

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

Must Read

Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted have wasted an opportunity for fundamental reform

The new framework is rushed and doesn’t deliver the change the sector needs. Bridget Phillipson must step in

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Daniel Kebede

Labour’s first year

Six priorities for Bridget Phillipson’s second year at the helm

Labour has broadened the definition of success for schools. Here’s how it can now ensure everyone works towards this…

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Liz Robinson

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor, 5 September 2025

Schools Week’s legendary cartoonist hangs up his pen, perceptions of behaviour diverge, and a data disaster looms

JL Dutaut

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

JL Dutaut

David Spendlove

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,…

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James Handscombe

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