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Thursday

23rd Oct 2025

How to lead without burnout: strategies for middle leaders
Being a head of department can be one of the most rewarding but also draining jobs in school, writes Mark Enser, who shares advice on how to avoid burning out
Burnt matchstick man

Wednesday

22nd Oct 2025

Is ‘didagogy’ the key to better CPD for teachers?
The study of how teachers learn is unique enough to need its own terminology, finds a new report – and that has implications for how we understand teacher training and CPD
Speech bubble jigsaw

Tuesday

21st Oct 2025

Why the Francis review cannot become your curriculum template
The curriculum and assessment review should give schools permission to create an offer that truly delivers all a child needs, argues Liz Robinson
Curriculum study

Thursday

16th Oct 2025

Facing tragedy: how a Southport school community came together
On 29 July 2024 pupils from Churchtown Primary were victims of an attack at a holiday club in Southport. Here, trust leaders reflect on how their community pulled together in the year that followed
Kate reading

Wednesday

15th Oct 2025

Sami Timimi: Why ‘invented’ SEND labels are disabling pupils
Diagnostic labels are medicalising young people for behaviours once considered ordinary and are contributing to unsustainable workload in schools, argues psychiatrist Sami Timimi
Sami Timimi

Tuesday

14th Oct 2025

Curriculum reform must focus on engagement, not just attainment
Looking at how Chicago turned around its struggling schools offers insights into how the curriculum review could unlock transformation here, says trust CEO Becks Boomer-Clark
Becks Boomer-Clark

Friday

10th Oct 2025

Beyond phonics: why England still has a reading problem
The latest phonics screening check data is further proof that teaching reading is not ‘done’ at the end of KS1, writes Claire Heald
School children with phonics cards

Thursday

9th Oct 2025

Inclusion ‘by design’: why it matters and how to do it
With the new Ofsted framework taking a broad view of inclusion, it’s even more important to make teaching inclusive ‘by design’ and not by accident, suggests Alex Quigley
Inclusive shapes

Wednesday

8th Oct 2025

How earlier puberty is affecting pupil behaviour
Children are going through puberty earlier than ever. What does this mean for education? David Robson investigates
Abstract Clocks Collage

Tuesday

7th Oct 2025

How ‘true’ inclusion cuts exclusions
A new approach to inclusion has helped one school to reduce exclusions to zero and significantly cut suspensions. Phil Humphreys and Kiran Gill explain how
Figures either side of fence
How to ‘absence-proof’ your curriculum
As schools across the country struggle to tackle persistent absence, Zoe Enser offers advice on how to make sure any gaps in attendance don’t translate to gaps in learning
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Wednesday

1st Oct 2025

Why schools have an impostor syndrome problem
Evidence shows teachers are vulnerable to persistent feelings of inadequacy, and this can have wide-ranging negative effects for schools, finds Mark Roberts
White king chess piece in mirror