Wednesday
Should schools call time on extra time in exams?
Extra time is the most popular access arrangement to help students sitting their GCSE, AS-level and A-level exams, but is it the most helpful? Ellen Peirson-Hagger weighs up the evidence and whether there are better options
4 tips for distributed leadership in international schools
Having a mix of cultures in a school can make it more difficult to implement distributed leadership – but there are a few approaches that can help, explains this leader in Kenya
Students lack skills for on-screen assessment, warns exam board boss
In an exclusive interview with ÌÇÐÄVlog, Eduqas CEO Ian Morgan talks about the risks of moving to on-screen assessment, the use of AI to mark exams and the debate over how long exams should be
Tuesday
Social media ban for under-16s is ‘no panacea’, say heads
Responding to the government consultation, the NAHT school leaders’ union also warns of the risks of an ‘overreliance’ on edtech and AI tools in schools
Co-headship: could this model from China work for schools worldwide?
Are two heads really better than one? Emma Seith talks to two leaders operating in a co-principal model to find out about the benefits and the issues, and why it could be an approach for other international schools
Friday
3 stages of school development - how to spot them, and what to fix
Individual schools within groups are often at different stages in a journey – the key is to know what each stage is and how to move forward from there, says this leader
How teaching unions fell out of love with Labour
After a promising start to relations between the Labour government and the education unions, tensions have started to rise. Will an unfunded pay award be the tipping point for another series of strikes?
Thursday
Why governments are tightening control of international schools
South Korea’s move to clamp down on schools it deems to be operating without domestic oversight points to a wider trend of host countries bringing international schools under tighter regulation
The power of international school relationships - for staff and students
How a connection between schools in Devon and the Ukraine has had a big impact – and underlines the value of school partnerships across borders
Why children stop enjoying maths in Year 7
By the summer term of Year 7, students are far less likely to say they enjoy maths than they were in Year 6, writes David Thomas, but schools can take steps to tackle this trend
