Curriculum

The Institute of Physics has called for urgent action to tackle the shortage in physics teachers to stop students missing out

With the curriculum and assessment review expected to deliver its findings in the autumn, Mark and Zoe Enser outline six common curriculum pitfalls, and how effective schools avoid them

Environmental education should be a process of learning to see ourselves as part of nature and the living systems that sustain us, says Professor Ria Dunkley

Following the release of the DfE’s primary writing framework, writing researcher Debra Myhill shares her thoughts on its use of evidence and how it positions the skills involved in learning to write

Schools are increasingly opting to use continuous provision beyond the early years, says KS1 lead Katie Jenkins, who shares her top tips for getting this approach right for Year 1

School pupils are not being given enough information about menstruation, warns University College London study

This summer we’re rounding up some of our most popular recent features on different education topics. Here are our top five articles on SEND and inclusion

Reinstating payments for languages teachers who move here from overseas would help to halt a ‘catastrophic’ decline in pupils studying languages, says report

This summer we’re rounding up some of our most popular recent features on different education topics. Here are our top five reads exploring education policy and practice in different countries around the world

The ability to critically evaluate the media is a key life skill that is currently often relegated to a one-off lesson or assembly in schools, warns a House of Lords report

The government’s curriculum review presents an opportunity to equip our children with this vital life skill, argues the chair of a House of Lords committee

The government’s priority should be helping the many pupils who are behind with their reading – and we know exactly how to do it, writes FFT’s Mike Fischer