Opinion | Schools Week

Tutoring

Tutoring take-up should ring alarm bells for long-term sustainability

We are a long way from the tipping point where tutoring becomes business as usual, everywhere, writes Nick Brook

Freddie Whittaker

Nick Brook

Opinion: Solutions

Four ways to improve teacher CPD and make it impactful

Emma Wilks offers simple strategies to design CPD that reflects what’s happening in the classroom and avoids information overload…

JL Dutaut

Emma Wilks

Pedagogy

Why teachers should reclaim the power of touch

Safeguarding concerns have rightly made us more conscious of touch but there are many reasons teachers should use it…

JL Dutaut

Gavin Simpson

Opinion

Suspensions among pupils back up during second year of pandemic

How assessment hubs can contribute to the SEND and AP improvement plan

Sunderland’s assessment hubs have reduced exclusions, helped families and supported mainstream reintegration, explains Sarah Martin-Denham

JL Dutaut

Sarah Martin-Denham

Opinion: Legal

Legal: When are non-disclosure agreements appropriate?

Employment law partner, David Ward sets out the practical and ethical considerations for school and trust leaders in the…

JL Dutaut

David Ward

Opinion: Accountability

Boycotts of Ofsted inspections could lead to legal implications

More parental complaints don’t mean more inspections

Chris Russell sets the record straight on how Ofsted respond to parental complaints and what a rise in such…

JL Dutaut

Chris Russell

Oracy

Labour will need to be clearer about what oracy means for schools

From tick-box implementation to confident vacuousness, we won’t benefit from oracy’s educational power without clearly defined goals, writes Ed…

JL Dutaut

Ed Reza Schwitzer

Politics

These education priorities should be in every party’s manifesto

Jon Andrews sets out the case for education featuring prominently in debates leading up to the forthcoming general election

JL Dutaut

Jon Andrews

Opinion

Three wishes for the new NPQ in Leading Primary Maths

The new qualification will need to fit into a better-defined context to deliver real impact, writes Helen Drury

JL Dutaut

Helen Drury

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…

JL Dutaut

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…

JL Dutaut

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

JL Dutaut

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,…

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

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,…

JL Dutaut

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…

JL Dutaut

Stephen Caldwell

Have something to say?

We’re always keen to hear from new voices. If you’ve got an opinion you want to share with the education community why not job

Comment on articles and content

Get in touch

Send your pitch to our commissioning editor.