Opinion: Accountability

We must think beyond reform and prioritise belonging

Ofsted reform is sorely needed but our staff, pupils and families can’t wait for the profession to heal itself…

JL Dutaut
Christine Stansfield
Opinion: Accountability

Re-prioritising data in inspections is a backwards step

At the risk of “annoying successful headteachers”, my school shows why the current inspection framework is getting the big…

JL Dutaut
Matthew Tate
Opinion: Accountability

How we’re promoting psychological safety in our schools

The high-accountability nature of our sector makes normalising vulnerability in leadership imperative

JL Dutaut
Tom Campbell
Opinion: Sustainability

The UK is continuing to lead the world on climate education

The UK is leading the way on sustainability in education and we will ensure it continues to do so…

JL Dutaut
Baroness Barran
Opinion: Curriculum

Curriculum growth is not the answer to climate change education

We must avoid disposable policy responses and ensure teaching climate change is itself a sustainable activity

JL Dutaut
Andrew Croydon and Reza Schwitzer
Opinion: Sustainability

The school support that can reduce emissions, costs – and blood pressure

Schools are the worst of the worst in terms of building inefficiency, but teachers are not alone in their…

JL Dutaut
Jo Pettifer
Schools

Dire teacher recruitment data should concern policymakers

Improving the attractiveness of the teaching profession is an essential and urgent need, writes Jack Worth

Samantha Booth
Jack Worth
Opinion: Policy

Schools are alone to spell out a vision in the age of permacrisis

It’s clear political vision is lacking and unlikely to materialise, so schools must take it on themselves

JL Dutaut
Adam Seldon
The Knowledge

Remembering special schools in education policy: ‘bookends’ and ‘addendums’?

Lauran Doak sets out the findings of in-depth interviews with special school leaders about the impact of policy on…

JL Dutaut
Lauran Doak

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Banning phones in schools is a lazy opt-out  

No one disagrees unfettered use of smartphones in schools is a bad thing, but indulging in a moral panic…

Freddie Whittaker
Hannah Carter
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Why we’ve got ‘stuck’ schools all wrong

Stuck schools often get a ‘hero’ leader, but there are much better solutions, argues Seamus Murphy

Freddie Whittaker
Seamus Murphy
Curriculum

The curriculum review isn’t ‘dumbing down’ – it’s levelling up

Critics claiming the curriculum review ‘dumbs down’ Gove’s education reforms are way off the mark, says Sir Hamid Patel…

John Dickens
Sir Hamid Patel

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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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