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
Local authorities

How Suffolk’s schools are putting collaboration over competition

The Suffolk Education Partnership shows there is no rift that can’t be bridged for the benefit of learners, says…

JL Dutaut
Andrew Berry
Opinion: Accountability

DfE should act to prevent Covid impact on GCSE performance

Early data suggests this year’s performance data risks being unfairly skewed without changes to account for the ongoing legacy…

JL Dutaut
Duncan Baldwin
Opinion: Mental health

The ‘Muslim problem’ is actually an opportunity for schools

Understanding how faith acts as a motivator for Muslim children and young people can only positively contribute to schools’…

JL Dutaut
Sabah Gilani
Opinion: Workforce

How our trust is beating the recruitment and retention blues

Investing in an internal recruitment business has been transformative for the trust, its schools and its pupils, explains Lee…

JL Dutaut
Lee Mason-Ellis
Politics

The curriculum Labour is looking for is already here

Why re-invent the national curriculum when the international baccalaureate already delivers everything Labour wants?

JL Dutaut
Jo Sale

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Opinion: Workforce
The Education Committee has heard from a panel of experts on how to solve specialist teacher shortages

How Labour can put boosters under its workforce plans

The government’s pledge and its piecemeal approach so far won’t be enough to meet the decade-long workforce challenge. Here’s…

JL Dutaut
Lucy Kellaway OBE
Opinion: Curriculum

What does ‘phonics for maths’ really mean?

Here’s how Labour can turn its opposition slogan into a policy that really adds value to maths education

JL Dutaut
Dr Helen Drury
Labour’s first year

Tricky questions hang over Labour’s next year in office

If Labour were a band you’d say their first album had gone down well, but now the ‘tricky second…

JL Dutaut
Tom Campbell

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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