Secondary

Monday

2nd Jun 2025

Higher drama reform is welcome - but not the rapid turnaround
For changes to any subject to work, they must ‘align ambition with the lived realities of classrooms’, says drama teacher Kirsty Ferns
Higher drama reform

Sunday

1st Jun 2025

What is the IB Career-related Programme?
We take a look at the International Baccalaureate’s vocational alternative to its standard Diploma
Vocational training
What is the IB Middle Years Programme?
ÌÇÐÄVlog takes a closer look at the International Baccalaureate’s equivalent to England’s GCSE
ÌÇÐÄVlog' guide to the IB Middle Years Programme
What is the IB Diploma Programme?
It is thought by many to be the more rigorous rival of traditional A levels, but what does the International Baccalaureate Diploma involve?
What is the IB Diploma Programme?

Wednesday

21st May 2025

Mental health and attendance: 5 insights for school leaders
New DfE research offers insightful analysis of the relationship between mental ill-health and school absence, including some findings that challenge conventional wisdom, writes Luke Ramsden
Wellbeing absence child sitting on bench

Wednesday

14th May 2025

How our intensive GCSE workshop events are boosting grades
Using data analysis to identify students just missing out on certain grades, our trust is holding conferences to sharpen exam technique, says this director of education
Leg boost GCSE workshop

Saturday

10th May 2025

GCSE results day 2026: everything you need to know
GCSE results day takes place on Thursday 20 August 2026. Here are all the key details
Students open GCSE results

Friday

18th Apr 2025

S6 is a hard sell for Scottish schools - so what can they do?
Even if students have already achieved the grades they need for university, the final year of secondary school in Scotland can still be hugely rewarding, explains Alan Gillespie
Carrot on string

Tuesday

8th Apr 2025

Historians help history teachers to open up Scotland’s past
A Scottish CPD project bringing together history teachers and experts in European colonisation is helping to reshape the teaching of Scots’ role in the British Empire
Zip

Thursday

3rd Apr 2025

Pupils’ poor socioemotional skills need curriculum attention
England needs to look to nations like Portugal and Switzerland to give young people a better chance of future economic success, says NFER report author Luke Bocock
Illustration of young people brain storming

Tuesday

18th Mar 2025

How will the curriculum review shape international schools?
International schools want to have their say in England’s review of curriculum and assessment, highlighting the education that they provide as one of ‘Britain’s greatest cultural exports’
How will the curriculum review affect international schools?

Friday

14th Mar 2025

Evolving our understanding of the attendance challenge
ImpactEd’s Owen Carter explains how new research will help form a deeper understanding of the attendance challenge to help schools tackle this ‘sticky’ issue
Child being erased