The great pandemic GCSE and A‑level experiment: what if we never went back to the old system?
The idea that exams exist to help universities and employers pick candidates is deeply entrenched – and misguided.
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Forest schools: how climbing trees and making dens can help children develop resilience
Forest School helps children learn without realising it.
Skills shortage could undo UK government’s net zero plans
Wind turbines need building, heat pumps need installing – but Britain has a chronic skills shortage.
Back‑to‑school anxiety: seven tips to help children cope
Let them know that you understand and believe them.
London’s Olympic legacy: research reveals why £2.2 billion investment in primary school PE has failed teachers
Many primary school PE lessons have been outsourced to private sports contractors, resulting in the ‘deskilling’ of a generation of teachers.
How COVID‑19 has affected overnight school trips, and why this matters
Children gain on every level from spending time away from home in nature but Covid has made school trips impossible
England’s school system is in crisis – could Labour’s National Education Service be the solution?
Children in England are among the most tested and unhappiest in the western world.
School trips aren’t always accessible for autistic children – but they can bring huge benefits
School trips offer rich learning experiences, but autistic children are not always able to access them fully.
What is selective mutism? And is it a lifelong condition?
One in 140 children under the age of eight have selective mutism.
When tackling mediocre schools becomes a teacher shortage
In a bid to place himself on the side of parents, the prime minister David Cameron has announced an “all-out war on mediocrity” in our schools, declaring that “just enough is not good enough”. Hot on the…