Opinion: Policy

Schools have the power to make education more inclusive starting today

Schools that better reflect their communities and share responsibility for closing the disadvantage gap are well within our reach

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Charlotte O’Regan
Opinion: Policy

Rehearsed arguments about pay won’t help the sector

Responses to yesterday's pay announcements do a disservice to the government and to the profession

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Andrew O'Neill
Opinion: Policy

Fixing the school-readiness crisis requires more honesty

The prime minister's 'plan for change' correctly identifies a major challenge but his new target could muddle efforts to...

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Felicity Gillespie
Opinion: Policy

Ignore the headlines. Behaviour Hubs have been a real success

Focusing on young people’s perceptions in the Behaviour Hubs’ interim report obfuscates key evidence that the programme is working

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Pan Panayiotou
Opinion: Policy

Labour’s breakfast club delay is the right call

We can't afford another Whitehall shambles, and too many building blocks are not in place which the policy needs...

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Anna McShane
Opinion: Policy

FSM reform is critical to reviving social mobility

A bill is moving through parliament that could significantly improve children's lives and schools' budgets

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Jon Datta
Opinion: Policy

Phillipson must put an end to the policy hokey cokey

Without a long-term sense of direction and clear responsibilities, all of our other problems will be harder to fix

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Tom Richmond
Opinion: Policy

Let’s get beyond the toxic exclusions debate

We need to worry less about exclusions and worry more about alternative provision, concludes our new report

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Pete Whitehead
Opinion: Policy

Every leader should RISE to this school improvement challenge

Early concerns aside, RISE teams are an opportunity to be part of re-defining school improvement as sector-led, universal and...

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Dr Kate Chhatwal