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Teacher strikes: School trips and transition days face disruption

One leader said new strike days will ‘rob children of special memories’ as survey reveals scale of potential disruption

News, Teacher strikes

The Review: Four Nations Four Schools on BBC Radio 4

Mike Taylor spends an insightful half hour listening to Laura McInerney’s tour of the UK’s school systems and volunteers for its caribbean sequel

Reviews, The Review

About our schools by Tim Brighouse and Mick Waters

Laura McInerney reviews an imposing new book by two education policy heavyweights and finds herself surprised to be surprised at its scope and quality

Reviews, The Review

A-level results 2021: The 4 things to watch out for this week

It’s a week like no other – two sets of exam results in just three days after months of hard work by school staff to reach this point. Tens of thousands of students are due to find out their teacher-assessed A-level grades tomorrow, after exams were cancelled for a second year. But is it going […]

News

Introducing… Ndidi Okezie

Ndidi Okezie has done that rare thing and crossed the divide between teaching and youth work. Always the problem-solver, she’s now launching a cross-sector leadership programme If you’re a real education nerd, you might recognise Ndidi Okezie’s dulcet tones – and infectious giggle – from the Are You Convinced? podcast. The general premise is that Okezie and Teacher Tapp’s Laura […]

Features

Five research insights that shone a light on 2020/21

JL Dutaut selects five contributions to our regular research column that have informed and elightened our year   Are exams really the only option?   Cat Scutt, director of education and research, Chartered College of Teaching Always ready with a perfectly timed evidence-based intervention, Cat Scutt offered a piece on exams and teacher assessment back […]

Opinion, The Knowledge

Research: How long actually is the school day?

After repeated calls to extend the school day, Gavin Williamson has admitted knowing little about it. Teacher Tapp has the data, says Laura McInerney, but it may not help his cause How many schools finish before 3.30pm? That feels like the sort of question that an education secretary intent on criticising schools for the length […]

Opinion, The Knowledge

Penny’s Podcasts, 24 May 2021

This week, Penny Rabiger’s selection of podcasts hears the voices of young people on mental health, race, conflict, homelessness and campaigning for change   Are You Convinced?  @UKYouth This new podcast series sees UK Youth CEO Ndidi Okezie and Teacher Tapp co-founder Laura McInerney taking on some meaty issues and trying to come at them from a different angle to each other.   I have […]

Reviews, The Conversation

What are schools’ emerging priorities in this new lockdown?

Lockdown 2.0 is having a much greater effect on primaries while inequalities continue to manifest, writes Laura McInerney This year’s lockdown is not like the other! Despite the fact that this year’s spin to remote learning actually came with less warning (in that it happened literally overnight), schools were nevertheless readier for its consequences. Since […]

Opinion