Opinion: Academy trusts

Thriving local trusts are a strong part of our system’s offer 

The large and varied sector of locality-based trusts presents a collective effervescence whose distinct strengths should not be neglected,…

JL Dutaut
Donna Tandy
The Knowledge
School business leaders should be included in drive to cut teacher workload, says ISBL

Why is reducing teacher workload so hard?

A new report by the NFER reveals many schools are already doing all they can to reduce workload and…

JL Dutaut
Kerry Martin
SEND

Until ministers fix SEND, we’ll keep fighting for our rights

Ali Durban responds to controversial comments by Gillian Keegan about the special needs support system being ‘lose, lose, lose’

Schools Week Reporter
Ali Durban
Opinion: Solutions

How to offer affordable residentials for all

We can’t afford not to offer residentials – even as their costs increase, says Martin Smith. Here’s how we…

JL Dutaut
Martin Smith
Governance

Progress towards more, better local governance has halted

Ministers must intervene early to prevent halted progress on local governance turning to regression

JL Dutaut
Michael Barton
Opinion: Mental health

Prioritising green spaces has helped us improve pupil wellbeing 

Two primary headteachers explain how they have greened their school sites and the impact it has had on their…

JL Dutaut
Ann-Marie Bolton and Wayne Clayton
Opinion: Solutions

How to drive up attendance in your school

I have been in education for 23 years and leading on attendance for 15 of those across schools of…

JL Dutaut
Beena Sisodia
Alternative provision
Unions demanded tougher Covid rules over a sports event.

APs like ours want clearer classifications and more regulation

Schools Week’s recent exposé on unregistered provision is unsurprising, but should lead to much clearer regulation and processes

JL Dutaut
Josh Blackburn
The Knowledge

What is driving persistent absence in your setting?

Early findings from ImpactEd’s new research projects suggest some factors school leaders should consider when trying to improve attendance

JL Dutaut
Owen Carter

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

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

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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