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PSHE

Solutions: How to normalise rejection in relationships education

Laura Coryton explains why talking about rejection matters and offers tips on how to prepare young people for it…

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Laura Coryton

Leadership

How to tame performance reviews to make them fair and constructive

David Benson offers advice on how to ensure appraisals are neither bureaucratic nor meaningless but help everyone towards genuine…

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David Benson

The Knowledge

How to get the most out of pupil premium

Despite our best efforts, the link between family income and education outcomes remains strong. One of the most powerful…

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Becky Francis

Opinion: SEND

The mental health crisis calls for urgent policy solutions

Andrew Howard describes the desperate state of SEMH support – but argues the solutions are already here for determined…

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Andrew Howard

Maths

What will it take to make maths to 18 a reality?

Simon Coyle identifies six strands to deliver a new maths deal for young people, drawn from a new collection…

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Simon Coyle

Policy

Four government priorities to support a sector-led system

Our fragile system only needs ministers to provide strategy and vision on four core missions to build its resilience,…

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Leora Cruddas

Racism

Braverman’s dangerous rhetoric puts pupils at risk

Everyone in education has good cause to resist the home secretary’s dangerous words on immigration, says Daniel Kebede

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Daniel Kebede

Conservatives Conference 2023

The mobile phone ban in schools is the solution to the wrong problem

The ubiquity of smartphone use raises problems that won’t be solved by a school ban alone, writes Michael Baxter

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Mike Baxter

Opinion: Attendance

Lessons in attendance from special schools

In the week that the education committee releases its report on persistent absence, Nicola Law shares insights from a…

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Nicola Law

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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