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Solutions: How to make Healthy Eating Week inclusive for autistic children

Eating can be a stressful experience for autistic young people, explains Jo Galloway, but that doesn’t have to limit…

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Jo Galloway

Ofsted

It’s up to the government to change the Ofsted grading system

‘Inspection is rarely something that schools look forward to’, writes chief inspector

Freddie Whittaker

Amanda Spielman

Opinion: Attendance

Attendance is an issue, but it is never the issue

The answer to poor attendance is simple but implementing it is neither quick nor easy, explains Jonathan Roe

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Jonathan Roe

Opinion: Edtech

We’re opening Oak up to help teachers and make educational AI more reliable

John Roberts explains how open government licensing will make Oak National Academy a launchpad for lesson planners, curriculum designers…

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John Roberts

Opinion: Workforce

Making teaching attractive again must be priority one for the next government

Any incoming government will have to put an end to the failed experiment of competition that is driving teachers…

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Jonny Uttley

Cost-of-living

How trusts are responding to the cost-of-living crisis

The cost-of-living crisis has had a profound impact on academy trust operations. Almost one in three respondents to a…

John Dickens

Nicola West Jones

Opinion: Accountability

What headteachers mean when they say headship has changed

It’s time policy makers and accountability caught up with the new reality of headship, explains Sam Strickland, so here’s…

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Sam Strickland

Teacher pay

Three ways the government is failing teachers over pay

The government’s vague reference to economic theory to justify its strategy on pay ignores important truths about motivation, writes…

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Yvonne Williams

Opinion: Workforce

The Knowledge. What works to improve recruitment and retention?

Becky Francis sets out key findings from today’s new EEF review of international evidence on successful measures to recruit…

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Becky Francis

Must Read

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 …

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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…

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Leora Cruddas

Labour’s first year

SEND: Hope still prevails, but Labour must learn to listen

Treating the specialist and alternative sectors as afterthoughts means ministers have missed chances to progress towards a more inclusive…

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Dr Nic Crossley

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,…

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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

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David Spendlove

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,…

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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…

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Stephen Caldwell

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