ESOL

How to ensure ESOL meets learners’ and employers’ needs

A pilot programme in Leicester has shown what ESOL provision can achieve and how to develop even more impactful...

JL Dutaut
Caroline Fox
GCSEs

GCSE re-sits: ‘Wrong’ grades drain students and resources

Ofqual’s own methodology shows the re-sits policy is wrongly affecting enough students to fill a moderately-sized stadium every season,...

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Dennis Sherwood
GCSEs, The Staffroom - opinion

How to relieve Reflective Achievement Deficit Syndrome

Maths GCSE re-sit students don't need the subject to be more 'relevant', says Tom Broomhead. They need us to...

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Tom Broomhead
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships: A consultation to urgently accelerate uptake

Increasing apprenticeships uptake among young people is an urgent priority and a newly launched inquiry gives FE providers a...

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Hilary Leevers
Apprenticeships

Qualifications in apprenticeships require informed debate

The new consultation on qualifications in apprenticeships is welcome, writes Terry Fennell, but its evidence base is skewed and...

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Terry Fennell
SEND

Affordable ways to create enabling environments for learners with SEND

How we design interior and exterior spaces can have a profound effect on learners with SEND, writes Claire Mantle,...

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Claire Mantle
Assessment

How to protect the validity of apprentice observation

Linda Martin sets out how independent assessors can uphold the validity of observation and ensure apprentices get the most...

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Linda Martin
The Staffroom - opinion

How to manage the strange teacher shame surrounding strikes

As emotions run high around strikes, we must remember the staffroom is a place to celebrate and nurture our...

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David Murray
Apprenticeships

Census analysis: How we will build on the apprenticeship surge in popularity

New census data reveals encouraging growth in apprenticeships but sustaining it until the next census requires innovation and adaptability,...

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Oliver Sidwell