Opinion: Accountability

The quiet Ofsted plan that could revolutionise inspection fairness

What could become Ofsted’s most significant reform is one everyone seems to have missed

JL Dutaut
Steve Wren
Letters to the editor

This week’s best responses from our readers

The wrong kind reading test at the wrong time, the true sign of cultural decline, and cognitive dissonance over…

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The Research Leader

Do we really know how to attract and retain teachers?

A new Ambition Institute report sheds light on how teachers and non-teachers decide whether the profession is (still) for…

JL Dutaut
Dr Sam Sims
Opinion: Leadership

Let’s make Black school leadership the expectation – not the exception

This Black History Month, let’s celebrate those who have broken through and join them in lifting others up

JL Dutaut
Patrick Cozier
Opinion

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…

JL Dutaut
Professor Stuart Kime and Professor Rob Coe
The Research Leader

‘Dreadful parents’: What do teachers really think?

Our data shows teachers don’t see parents as a key cause of worsening behaviour – but it doesn’t let…

JL Dutaut
June Stevenson
Opinion: Solutions

Six steps for delivering a mental health peer support programme

Getting students to support each other’s wellbeing can be highly effective, but getting it right requires time and effort

JL Dutaut
Monisha Jefcut
Opinion: SEND

Labour’s SEND reforms must put the onus back on the NHS

Conflation of ‘SEN’ and ‘SEND’ in the last set of reforms has contributed to shifting nursing responsibilities onto schools

JL Dutaut
Emma Smith
The Research Leader

How can we finally make financial education a reality?

Our gold-standard research shows how government can deliver what the public at large wants – without over-burdening teachers

JL Dutaut
Johnny Runge

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Opinion

War on Iran will blast a hole through schools’ budgets

The prospect of soaring inflation raises the risk of teacher pay strikes and piles pressure on procurement, warns Alistair…

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Alistair Wood
Opinion

The blueprint for the meningitis outbreak was written by Covid 

When Covid-19 arrived, the headteacher job description was torn up

Freddie Whittaker
Hannah Carter
The Inclusion Leader

By focusing on schools, the white paper fails to put children first

The document has missed a significant opportunity to state clearly that children really do come first

Freddie Whittaker
Frances Akinde

EXAMS

Assessment

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

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Sam Sykes
Assessment

Are we asking the right questions on assessment?

A new AQA report proposes new assessment models for the millions left lacking critical skills by the current format

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Reza Schwitzer
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