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Social mobility

Regional self-empowerment is possible. We know how…

We must look past lazy myths of north-south divide and American dream to remodel social mobility around regional needs,…

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Sir Michael Barber and Lee Elliot Majorprofessor of social mobility, University of Exeter

Vulnerable pupils

Vulnerable adolescents deserve better than a maze of bureaucracy

A new public accounts committee report outlines a costly and decades-long failure to bring services together to support vulnerable…

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Dame Meg Hillier, MP

Opinion: SEND

Standardising SEND? Be careful what you wish for!

With the wrong incentives and support in place, national standards for SEND could become a disguise for ongoing failure,…

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Barney Angliss

Higher education access

Elite universities protect privilege – but schools can break the barriers

Schools can help under-represented students break into the top universities and overcome imposter syndrome when they get there, write…

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Professor Kalwant Bhopal and Martin Myers

The Knowledge

What makes leaders most effective in improving student outcomes?

A new programme builds on evidence that deliberative leadership is more effective than intuition in boosting student outcomes, explains…

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Viviane Robinson

Cyber security

How to respond to a cyber attack to minimise damage

Event the best-protected systems can be breached, says James Griffiths, so it’s important to plan for what to do…

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James Griffiths

Apprenticeships

Proposed ITT partnerships in 'cold spot' areas for teacher training have fallen through

How apprenticeships can improve school recruitment

From teaching assistants to school business managers, apprenticeships are excellent pathways to recruit, develop and retain staff, says Justine…

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Justine Kenny

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships: It’s time to cross the Baker Dearing line

Apprenticeships are accessed least by those who could benefit from them most and schools are part of the solution,…

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Jo Foster and Katherine Doherty

School budgets

Budgets: Continuing pressures mean careful forecasting is required

Pressures on budgets are unlikely to relent and school and trust leaders will need to keep their eyes on…

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Leyla Tovey

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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13h

Meg Powell-Chandler

13h

Opinion: Solutions

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

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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