News

Unpaid DfE coaching scheme for women teachers criticised as ‘tick-box exercise’

A government scheme to encourage more women to become school leaders has been dubbed a “tick-box exercise” by those...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

Some school leaders are taking us for fools – we need to stand up to them

The high-stakes accountability system is no excuse. Schools are funded by public money and it’s time to reclaim their...

Emma Knights
Emma Knights
News

Multi-academy trusts 6 times more likely to be named after men than women

Multi-academy trusts are six times more likely to be named after men than women, a Schools Week investigation has...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

How to be an LGBT+ ally in schools

Posters on walls in schools don’t cut it – it’s how teachers and school leaders deal with specific incidents...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Respecting teachers’ professionalism

Winning friends and influencing people are important, especially when new ministers are appointed and new policies are introduced. Suggestions...

Colin Richards
Colin Richards
Opinion

We are rewarding the wrong school leaders

The UK is falling behind in international league tables because it is appointing, rewarding and recognising the wrong school...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Historians make the best superheads. Ugh.

While it is easy to lie with statistics, it is even easier to lie without them. And if you...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Making school leadership more accessible to women

For the first time we have a woman prime minister, home secretary and education secretary in office at the...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Features

Mary Bousted, general secretary of ATL and TUC president

Mary Bousted is sitting in her central London office near Trafalgar Square and quibbling with my first question. “It’s...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney