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What do teachers think of teaching climate and sustainability?

A new survey reveals an enthusiastic profession but also substantial obstacles on the road to delivering the DfE’s sustainability…

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Christine Özden

Opinion: Sustainability

A roadmap to offset climate change’s predictable outcomes

With the countdown to meet decarbonisation targets still running, Lucia Glynn explores how schools can manage this against other…

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Lucia Glynn

Opinion: Workforce

Bridging workforce divides for effective climate action

Overcoming barriers to sustainable impact relies on teachers and operations staff working together as equal partners in this shared…

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Paul Edmond

Opinion: Workforce

Why reactivation is as crucial as recruitment and retention

Actually solving the recruitment and retention crisis is incredibly straightforward if we put evidence above political quick fixes, says…

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Callum Robertson

Policy

Why we need to stop talking about disadvantage (and what we should talk about instead)

Lee Elliot Major explains why a change of language could be crucial in shaping the conversation around poverty and…

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Lee Elliot Major

special schools

Specialist provisions are over-subscribed but under-utilised

APs, PRUs and special schools can and should be some much more that a place for children to go…

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Christina Jones

Online safety

Online safety: What Ofcom’s new guidance means for schools

The new law and Ofcom’s new guidance don’t let schools off the hook, but they do make the future…

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Mark Bentley

Opinion: Legal

Legal explainer: Is Keegan right about sharing copyright RSHE resources with parents?

The secretary of state has said copyright is ‘void and unenforceable’ when it comes to parental access to RSHE…

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Marcus Collins

Opinion: Solutions

Five steps to understand and address emotionally-based school avoidance

A child-centred approach is key to reducing emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA) says Rachel Bostwick

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Rachel Bostwick

Must Read

Opinion: Edtech

AI bias poses serious risks for learners with SEND

The promise of personalised learning masks very real risks that demand careful attention from educators and policymakers

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Michael Finlay

Opinion: Curriculum

What teachers want from a reformed English GCSE

The dialogue surrounding curriculum reform in England, particularly within GCSE English, remains as essential as ever. Recent insights from…

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Leandri Dannhauser

Opinion: Teaching Commission

Here’s how we can finally begin to fix the teacher supply crisis

If we’re going to hang on to more of them, then teachers need a better deal than summer respite…

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Baroness Mary Bousted

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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