Opinion: CPD

NPQs must evolve to avoid a policy ‘boom and bust’

In many ways, this is the golden age of professional development, but there’s a gap in our provision which...

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Poppy Nobes
Opinion: CPD

Goodbye CPD: Ofsted is ushering in a new era of growth

The renewed framework's focus on professional learning is not just semantic. It could mark the end of fragmented, ineffective...

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Professor Stuart Kime and Professor Rob Coe
Opinion: CPD

Didagogy: Teacher training’s missing component

Despite recent progress, we’re still getting teacher and leader development wrong too often. This new concept hopes to put...

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Professor Sam Twiselton
Opinion: CPD

Labour must usher in a new era of professional empowerment

Labour’s teacher training entitlement is key to delivering its opportunity mission. Here’s what needs to happen to deliver on...

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Loic Menzies
Opinion: CPD

A five-point scale that truly supports improvement in schools

Teachers' self-reported levels of knowledge and confidence are helping us to drive up the quality of our provision

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Jeremy Spencer
Opinion: CPD

This year is make or break for the CPD golden thread

The golden thread of professional development is at risk of unravelling if the new government pursues the policies of...

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Gareth Conyard