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Opinion: Workforce

Why reactivation is as crucial as recruitment and retention

Actually solving the recruitment and retention crisis is incredibly straightforward if we put evidence above political quick fixes, says…

JL Dutaut

Callum Robertson

Policy

Why we need to stop talking about disadvantage (and what we should talk about instead)

Lee Elliot Major explains why a change of language could be crucial in shaping the conversation around poverty and…

JL Dutaut

Lee Elliot Major

special schools

Specialist provisions are over-subscribed but under-utilised

APs, PRUs and special schools can and should be some much more that a place for children to go…

JL Dutaut

Christina Jones

Online safety

Online safety: What Ofcom’s new guidance means for schools

The new law and Ofcom’s new guidance don’t let schools off the hook, but they do make the future…

JL Dutaut

Mark Bentley

The Legal Leader

Legal explainer: Is Keegan right about sharing copyright RSHE resources with parents?

The secretary of state has said copyright is ‘void and unenforceable’ when it comes to parental access to RSHE…

JL Dutaut

Marcus Collins

Opinion: Solutions

Five steps to understand and address emotionally-based school avoidance

A child-centred approach is key to reducing emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA) says Rachel Bostwick

JL Dutaut

Rachel Bostwick

Inclusion

Specialist settings can’t solve all of mainstream’s problems

The north east’s schools are bearing the brunt of a national crisis of unmet needs and insufficient support, explains…

JL Dutaut

Chris Zarraga

Leadership

Aspiring leaders should be taught the 3 Rs of inner work

Overly focusing on operational skill neglects inner work that is fundamental to succeeding (and remaining) in leadership, says Bukky…

JL Dutaut

Bukky Yusuf

Opinion: Workforce

Diversity is key to tackling the recruitment crisis

Who we recruit, how we equip them and the routes towards qualification must all be broadened to attract and…

JL Dutaut

Leila MacTavish

Must Read

Opinion

AI can be part of the solution to schools’ mentor capacity crisis

With a school using AI coaching, Professor Haili Hughes reveals whether others should follow suit

Freddie Whittaker

Professor Haili Hughes

Opinion: Reading

A reading target is right. Here’s how schools can make it happen

Targets and regular tests can transform outcomes, but only if schools build the systems, culture and expertise to deliver,…

John Dickens

Becks Boomer-Clark

Opinion

Leadership lessons from Southport’s darkest days

In the wake of unimaginable loss, trust leader David Clayton shares how compassion, presence and belonging came to define…

Freddie Whittaker

David Clayton

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

University clearing: How teachers can support students

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

John Dickens

2mo

Sam Sykes

2mo

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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