Opinion: Workforce

Today’s proposals are crucial for a CPD entitlement that works

A new report by the Teacher Development Trust lays the foundations for making Labour’s policy work – but…

JL Dutaut
Cat Scutt and Alison Peacock
Opinion: Attendance
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Attendance: Another fine mess the government’s got us into

Punishing struggling families by making them struggle more is outdated, regressive and completely counter-productive

JL Dutaut
Ed Dorrell
Opinion: Policy

How to insulate schools from booms and busts

Questioning our assumptions a decade ago could have saved a lot of money and pre-empted the developing crisis of…

JL Dutaut
Tim Leunig
The Knowledge

How youth work complements and supports schools

Three studies show how youth work is a vital part of any effort to improve the lives and outcomes…

JL Dutaut
Will Millard and Jacob Diggle
Attendance
attendance

Persistent absence risks children’s futures. Here’s how we’ll address it

Raising fines and making guidance and daily data submissions mandatory will boost early intervention and a support-first approach, says…

Freddie Whittaker
Damian Hinds
Opinion: Policy

Making politics more representative starts with education

A first-of-a-kind project aims to empower young people with the knowledge and skills to make change happen locally and…

JL Dutaut
Emma Hardy and Debra Gray
Opinion: Solutions

Three creative ways to boost your school’s fundraising

With rising costs comes a need to rethink how schools raise funds. Here are three easy-to-implement ideas to maximise…

JL Dutaut
Mira Shah
Opinion: Leadership

Young governors show we won’t pay lip service to student voice

One bold student encounter persuaded me we needed to do much more to truly value students’ views and ideas

JL Dutaut
Mohsen Ojja
The Knowledge

How are multi-academy trusts navigating centralisation?

New research reveals how trusts pool funding and the opportunities and challenges for more and better centralisation

JL Dutaut
Chris Kirk and Will Jordan

Must Read

Opinion

AI can be part of the solution to schools’ mentor capacity crisis

With a school using AI coaching, Professor Haili Hughes reveals whether others should follow suit

Freddie Whittaker
Professor Haili Hughes
Opinion: Reading

A reading target is right. Here’s how schools can make it happen

Targets and regular tests can transform outcomes, but only if schools build the systems, culture and expertise to deliver,…

John Dickens
Becks Boomer-Clark
Opinion

Leadership lessons from Southport’s darkest days

In the wake of unimaginable loss, trust leader David Clayton shares how compassion, presence and belonging came to define…

Freddie Whittaker
David Clayton

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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

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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