Women in the workplace

Education can’t tackle misogyny while it is complicit in it

We must confront the misogyny, sexism, harrassment and abuse that are still a normal part of women’s experience of…

JL Dutaut
Niamh Sweeney
Opinion

The online safety bill leaves schools exposed

Schools can do plenty to teach children and families about online harms, says Diana Young, but government is ultimately…

JL Dutaut
Diana Young
Opinion

The Knowledge. How to benefit from all oracy has to offer

Oracy is a growing priority for teachers and our new impact report shows why that’s right and how to…

JL Dutaut
Amy Gaunt
Opinion: Solutions

How schools can protect against cyber attacks

Increasing concerns about cybersecurity are justified, says Jamie Moles, but there’s plenty schools can do to protect themselves and…

JL Dutaut
Jamie Moles
Politics

What Labour can learn from visiting trusts like ours

Guy Shears reflects on the shadow education minister’s visit to one of his schools and what he hopes it…

JL Dutaut
Guy Shears
School improvement

21st-Century learning saved our deprived school

Rescuing Richmond Academy from poor performance meant ditching ideologies and trying something new, explains Rachael Howell

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Rachael Howell
Child poverty

Dear Amanda. I’m reporting a serious safeguarding concern

An anonymous director of education calls out ‘the big ask’ from schools and calls on chief inspector, Amanda Spielman…

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Anonymous
Opinion: Accountability
New Ofsted research looks at the role of MATs in inspections

Ofsted reform should focus on inspection reliability first

Our new research casts doubt on the reliability of ‘Inadequate’ Ofsted judgments, explains Sam Sims, but any attempt at…

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Sam Sims
Opinion: Sustainability

Sustainability: Piecemeal progress will open a ‘green gap’

Some progress has been made towards key goals in the DfE’s sustainability strategy, say Keya Lamba and Shweta Bahri,…

JL Dutaut
Shweta Bahri and Keya Lamba

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…

JL Dutaut
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…

JL Dutaut
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…

JL Dutaut
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,…

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

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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,…

JL Dutaut
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…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell
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