Opinion: Policy

Tutoring should be a permanent feature of our education system

Dedicated funding in the spirit of pupil premium would ensure tutoring’s benefits don’t return to being the preserve...

JL Dutaut
Munira Wilson MP
Opinion: Policy

Could Brighton lead a revaluation of parental choice?

A consultation from the Labour-run council could lead to admissions changes that level the playing field of choice and...

JL Dutaut
Sara Bragg
Opinion: Policy

Schools are alone to spell out a vision in the age of permacrisis

It's clear political vision is lacking and unlikely to materialise, so schools must take it on themselves

JL Dutaut
Adam Seldon
Opinion: Policy

Free schools proved the power of innovation. We need more of it

The greatest impact of the free schools programme was embodying a spirit of innovation that our system needs more...

JL Dutaut
Hilary Spencer and Carly Mitchell
Opinion: Policy

Thirteen years of free schools: Five lessons for policymakers

Policymakers on all sides must learn the lessons of the free schools programme and commit to its innovative approach...

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David Ross
Opinion: Policy

Funding teacher development must continue – whoever is in charge

A broad consensus among the profession for continued investment in the ‘golden thread’ must be reflected among political decision-makers

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David Weston and Gareth Conyard
Opinion: Policy

We must end the 30-year silence about boys’ underperformance

Boys have been at the wrong end of a gender attainment gap for three decades and it is time...

JL Dutaut
Nick Fletcher MP
Opinion: Policy

A scaled-back Oak could have had the whole sector’s support

Judicial review is a measure of last resort but the government's actions have left us no choice to protect...

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Louis Coiffait-Gunn
Opinion: Policy

Oak: A liberating solution to workload and quality problems

Oak National Academy can be instrumental in meeting the post-Covid challenges of teacher burnout and weak curricula, writes Hamid...

JL Dutaut
Sir Hamid Patel