Opinion: Academy trusts

Harlow Academy now thrives – but schools need more safeguards

Not enough has been done to ensure the harm caused at Harlow Academy never happens elsewhere, write Warren Carratt…

JL Dutaut
Wayne Norrie and Warren Carratt
Opinion: Attendance

We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty

A 100 per cent attendance target is a blunt tool for fixing systemic problems and will only make matters…

JL Dutaut
Nadeine Asbali
Opinion: Attendance

Everyone must obsess over full attendance from day one

Ministers must ensure all agencies are held responsible for helping schools to solve the attendance crisis, writes Dame Rachel…

JL Dutaut
Dame Rachel De Souza
RAAC

Lack of funding – not lack of action – has put schools on the RAAC

We’ve followed guidance to the letter but we can’t repair or rebuild our school without funding, say Caroline Derbyshire…

JL Dutaut
Caroline Derbyshire and James Saunders
Opinion: Curriculum

The climate crisis requires a thoughtful curriculum response

We need to look beyond quick fixes to sustained and sustainable approach, write Mary Myatt and Heena Dave

JL Dutaut
Mary Myatt and Heena Dave
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s top priority must be to get its own house in order

Under a new boss, the inspectorate must find a way to celebrate all hard-working schools and speak truth to…

JL Dutaut
Nick Brook
Artificial Intelligence

What medicine can teach us about regulating AI in education

The critical issue is accountability. If an AI tool gives inaccurate results, who is responsible?

JL Dutaut
Alex Scharaschkin
RAAC
The DfE is

The DfE has left schools between a RAAC and a hard place

To close or not to close? The RAAC issue leaves schools in a tough spot with no obvious end…

JL Dutaut
Andrea Squires
Strikes
Dr Patrick Roach

‘Our action will challenge 48-hour working week expectations’

NASUWT general secretary Patrick Roach explains why his members will be taking industrial action this month, and how it…

John Dickens
Patrick Roach

Must Read

The Knowledge

Persistent barriers continue to limit our vital STEM potential

A new parliamentary report reveals the persistent educational barriers hampering our efforts to be the science powerhouse the prime…

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Dr Lauren Sullivan MP
Labour’s first year

We’ve laid the foundations. Now we build

Education secretary says her government’s work so far is just the beginning, and here’s what comes next …

JL Dutaut
Bridget Phillipson
Labour’s first year

Engaging trusts is key to the opportunity mission’s success

Ministers have shown they can listen to the sector. More of that will be necessary as the details of…

JL Dutaut
Leora Cruddas

ITT

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

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
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