Assessment
The number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

Learner profiles are a crucial reform to level up our system

A system entirely geared towards reductive assessments is failing to tackle entrenched inequalities, writes Rachel Macfarlane

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Rachel Macfarlane
ITT

Teach First must face up to bigger problems than pay

Teach First’s reputation for churning and burning is well earned and a key reason I went on to the…

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Kristina Murkett
ITT
An outstanding ITT provider that did not meet the requirements for 2024-25 has been asked to partner due to cold spots

Why we should welcome undergraduate teacher apprenticeships

Contrary to misconceptions, the new route into teaching will protect the profession’s graduate status while making it more accessible,…

JL Dutaut
Sam Twiselton
School food

How to model good nutrition in school and the community

Nutritionist, Jenny Tomei marks Eating Disorders Awareness Week with some tips for schools for preventing a growing problem among…

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Jenny Tomei
Teacher strikes

Why I won’t be joining today’s strike action

As teachers head out for their second day of strike action, James Lipscombe explains why he walked out for…

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James Lipscombe
Trauma

Critical incidents: Five principles to plan for the unplannable

Every critical incident and every community’s response is unique, says Beck Ferrari, but some key principles can promote recovery…

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Beck Ferrari
The Knowledge

How are governors responding to the cost-of-living crisis?

A new survey ahead of National School Governors’ Awareness Day highlights the pressures governing bodies are under to respond…

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Steve Barker
Enrichment
Results from a new Sutton Trust survey show the proportion of heads reporting cuts to school trips has more than doubled since last year

Lack of funding threatens a neo-feudal age of cultural capital

Cultural capital is becoming the preserve of the few as enrichment is pushed out by the funding squeeze, says…

JL Dutaut
Miles Huppatz
Opinion: Workforce

Teachers must resist the squeeze on their autonomy

We must confront the growing centralisation of teaching to reverse the alarming declines in recruitment, retention and job satisfaction,…

JL Dutaut
Daniel Kebede

Must Read

Opinion: Policy

The House of Lords must protect academy freedoms

Hopes lie with peers that they can prevent the worst of this bill’s foreseeable consequences – and its…

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Meg Powell-Chandler
Opinion: Solutions
mental health

How to mitigate disadvantage in the classroom

We must get under the bonnet of disadvantage as it applies to individuals to have any chance of mitigating…

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Finola Wilson
Opinion: Workforce

The sector has taken another big step in parent-teacher support

Developments at the National Education Union’s conference give hope that we may soon stem the flow of parents out…

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Emma Sheppard

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,…

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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
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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,…

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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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