Secondary

Sunday

1st Jun 2025

What is the IB Diploma Programme?
It is thought by many to be the more rigorous rival of traditional A levels, but what does the International Baccalaureate Diploma involve?
What is the IB Diploma Programme?

Wednesday

21st May 2025

Mental health and attendance: 5 insights for school leaders
New DfE research offers insightful analysis of the relationship between mental ill-health and school absence, including some findings that challenge conventional wisdom, writes Luke Ramsden
Wellbeing absence child sitting on bench

Wednesday

14th May 2025

How our intensive GCSE workshop events are boosting grades
Using data analysis to identify students just missing out on certain grades, our trust is holding conferences to sharpen exam technique, says this director of education
Leg boost GCSE workshop

Friday

18th Apr 2025

S6 is a hard sell for Scottish schools - so what can they do?
Even if students have already achieved the grades they need for university, the final year of secondary school in Scotland can still be hugely rewarding, explains Alan Gillespie
Carrot on string

Tuesday

8th Apr 2025

Historians help history teachers to open up Scotland’s past
A Scottish CPD project bringing together history teachers and experts in European colonisation is helping to reshape the teaching of Scots’ role in the British Empire
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Thursday

3rd Apr 2025

Pupils’ poor socioemotional skills need curriculum attention
England needs to look to nations like Portugal and Switzerland to give young people a better chance of future economic success, says NFER report author Luke Bocock
Illustration of young people brain storming

Tuesday

18th Mar 2025

How will the curriculum review shape international schools?
International schools want to have their say in England’s review of curriculum and assessment, highlighting the education that they provide as one of ‘Britain’s greatest cultural exports’
How will the curriculum review affect international schools?

Friday

14th Mar 2025

Evolving our understanding of the attendance challenge
ImpactEd’s Owen Carter explains how new research will help form a deeper understanding of the attendance challenge to help schools tackle this ‘sticky’ issue
Child being erased

Monday

3rd Mar 2025

Maths exams should test numeracy skills - not memory recall
The IB’s director of assessment questions whether maths teaching is really preparing students for how they will use the subject in the real world
Maths exams should test numeracy skills - not memory recall

Sunday

23rd Feb 2025

Will Scottish curriculum reform end ‘teaching to the test’?
There is still time to ensure that reform leads to transformative changes for Scotland’s curriculum, says Nicola Kiernan
Someone painting a blue chair

Tuesday

4th Feb 2025

How our school cut suspensions by 85%
Leaders at a school in Nottingham reveal how they have overseen a drastic improvement in behaviour – using both internal and external resources
Three tightrope walkers

Tuesday

21st Jan 2025

Why digital profiles could more accurately reflect students’ achievements
Scottish secondary school leaders recently heard from Ben Mason that, following the Hayward review of assessment, ‘digital badges’ could help reflect achievements beyond those measured by exams
Why digital profiles could more accurately reflect students’ achievements