The latest workforce figures from the Department for Education (DfE, 2024a) show that the retention crisis is not abating. The most recent figures covering 2022/23 show that 39,971 teachers left state ...

In this series, I am attempting to elaborate and share what the recipe of test-enhanced learning (more commonly known as retrieval practice), spaced learning, interleaving, feedback, metacognition, ...

Sixteen technology developers have been awarded £1m in government funding to build AI tools to help teachers reduce their feedback and marking workload – with the first prototypes expected by April.

PANS stands for paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, while PANDAS stands for paediatric auto-immune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections. PANS and PANDAS are ...

Recent years have seen a focus on inclusion. The pastoral systems and structures in schools support inclusion and the socialisation and personal development of learners.

For years we have spoken about differentiation in the classroom. But now everyone is talking about adaptive teaching. Confused? Sara Alston reminds us that it ain’t what you call it, but the way that ...

Researchers from the University of Bedfordshire studied 43 papers and reviews and have compiled a list of 12 barriers and four motivators and facilitators. The research was commissioned after the ...

Poverty is on the radar of many schools, charities, and policy-makers. However, between the political rhetoric and most people’s limited lived experience of hardship, poverty can often be ...

A recent SecEd and Stone Group webinar discussed what schools can do, practically and realistically, to support those families on the wrong side of the digital divide. Panellists Bukky Yusuf and Fiona ...

Attendance is everyone’s responsibility according to the recent statutory guidance and it continues to be a core focus for schools this year. Headteacher Josephine Smith provides a practical ...

An analysis of serious case reviews offers vital insights into safeguarding trends as well as key lessons learnt that all safeguarding professionals should be aware of. Elizabeth Rose explains ...

This episode looks at the opportunities and risks presented by artificial intelligence (AI) in schools, offering advice and suggestions for whole-school AI policy and strategy as well as for teaching, ...