What can assessment theory teach us about how to inspect schools?

Nuance over rhetoric in the ‘lost learning’ debate

The tests that every secondary school's KS3 assessment approach should pass.

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Making it easier to do the right thing

Should we be asking teachers to teach more inclusively?

Making it easier to do the right thing

Should we be asking teachers to teach more inclusively?

If education is a policy lever, what is at the other end of the lever?

The key changes and actions from KCSIE 2026. Everything you need to know to be ready and compliant in the new year.

We cannot continue to write off 1 in 3 of our children

What can we actually do about the 'forgotten third' (rather than just keep fretting about it)?

The tests that every secondary school's KS3 assessment approach should pass.

Anchoring young people in multiple, real-world contexts

There was a time when keeping up to date in education meant going to a headteacher briefing once a term and checking the LA newsletter each week. Any updates would be discussed with the relevant staff...

Schools are a rudimentary transmission mechanism for better explanations

Why an exam paper is not all that different to a practical task

The importance of explanatory depth in school improvement planning

What is school for?

Reflecting on 10 Common SEN (Mis)Interventions from @Peps and Dr Jennifer Barker - and considering what it means for teachers on a Monday morning.

Call it what you will, the time to think about the school improvement plan has come around again, because God forbid we should be happy with what we have. ;-) Fitter, healthier, more productive&#82…

Assuming the worst about the Inclusion Project may be the best place to start

Assuming the worst about the Inclusion Project may be the best place to start

Blog by Claire Dorer OBE, CEO of National Association of Special Schools (NASS) The recent SEND Reforms consultation signals the end of a 12-year categorising of ‘Mental Health Needs’ as a specific ca...

An NDM account of Dual Process Theories

What exactly are we asking teachers to do when we ask that they teach more inclusively?

Some thoughts, in no particular order

Common pitfalls and how to avoid them

A shift in language It has taken me a while to digest the contents of the White Paper. I did not want to react to the headlines or rush to j...

The autism spectrum has widened to the point of collapse, affecting how teachers should support autistic pupils in the classroom, researcher Uta Frith tells Helen Amass

Q2. What is assessment for?

Trust leader Tom Campbell says quick access to SEND experts - especially educational psychologists - could be transformative

The problem with dividing knowledge into pieces