Opinion: Policy

Labour must not let parental expectations lower standards

Ministers must reinforce high expectations when they set out their home-school contract - or risk making an already tough...

JL Dutaut
Sufian Sadiq
Opinion: Policy

It’s time to champion school support staff and boost their rights

Their pay and conditions are a priority for me as education secretary and will remain so if I become...

Freddie Whittaker
Bridget Phillipson
Opinion: Policy

Ten lessons on driving successful school reform

Reflecting on his time in office, Sir Nick Gibb marks the launch of his book with tips for making...

JL Dutaut
Sir Nick Gibb
Opinion: Policy

A city united: What Manchester teaches us about school improvement

Red or blue, Manchester shows the keys to winning are a strong grassroots game and solid teamwork

JL Dutaut
Mel Ainscow
Opinion: Policy

Our admissions policies are a key lever for social justice

We re-wrote ours to curtail the trend of poorer students being locked out of our success - and we...

JL Dutaut
Chris Fairbairn
Opinion: Policy

We must not let education TIP back into faddism

The evidence for trauma-informed practice is poor, yet its adoption is as fast as it is uncritical. This is...

JL Dutaut
Alun Francis
Opinion: Policy

Labour must curtail centralisation – not innovation

Ministers' desire for consistency and fairness always comes at a cost - and it's a cost we can't afford...

JL Dutaut
James Zuccollo
Opinion: Policy

Ministers must tackle our dangerous safeguarding blind spot

Even with the best will in the world, unregistered alternative provisions operate in a regulatory grey area that leaves...

JL Dutaut
Louis Donald
Opinion: Policy

Mapping the way out of education’s poly-crisis

This report doesn't just call for a system based on professionalism - it models it, and shows us how...

JL Dutaut
Dan Morrow