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If we avoid discussing ‘Britishness’ for fear of appearing exclusionary, students may seek identity elsewhere. Andrew Jones considers interculturalism and how a culturally responsive curriculum can ...
In this four-part series, teacher and coach Helen Webb offers practical advice for creating work/life balance. In part one, she focuses on raising our own self-awareness of poor working habits and ...
Vocabulary is at the heart of oracy and literacy – disciplinary vocabulary is even more vital. Alan Howe offers six practical approaches for your classroom to build students’ confidence in using ...
Official figures show the number of suspensions and exclusions is increasing year-on-year, not least due to persistent disruptive behaviour.
There was frustration this week after Ofsted seemingly passed the buck over MPs’ calls for single-word inspection judgements to be axed.
While the cost of school uniform has fallen for parents and many more schools are offering second-hand options, families are still being asked to pay for as many as five branded items.
Attendance is one of the biggest challenges facing our schools this year – and soldiering on is not the answer, says Geoff Barton Welcome back to the start of an autumn term that has already been ...
Significant increases to teacher pay will not be enough on their own for the government to meet its election pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers, an analysis suggests.
Ofqual has said that GCSE and A level grades are ‘reliable to one grade either way’. What does this actually mean, and to what extent can we have confidence in examination grades this summer? Dennis ...
The general election is a chance for politicians of all shades to prioritise education – and the to-do list is certainly in need of some attention, says Paul Whiteman ...
This episode looks at how we can teach and prepare our examination classes in the secondary school – especially our GCSE groups – including teaching course content, building exam habits, teaching exam ...
Given that many schools are already offering significant extended provision without additional funding, has the time come to fund schools nationally to help meet the wider needs of their communities?