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Like many headteachers in the state sector, I was excited in 2024 when the newly elected Labour government called for a curriculum and assessment review. Many of us in the primary phase ...

If teachers are to continue developing their classroom practice, we need them to take risks. Very little research has considered teachers’ attitudes to voluntary risk-taking; which ...

Scotland’s ‘1+2 languages’ policy, introduced in 2012, reflects the growing global need for multilingualism. It introduced learning a second language (L2) from age five and a third ...

The election of a Labour government in the UK in July 2024 heralded optimism that some serious problems with England’s national curriculum and assessment system, evident since 2014, ...

Dr David Roxburgh is a Principal Teaching Fellow and the current Deputy Head for Innovation and Impact in the Strathclyde Institute of Education at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He ...

Dr Karen Foster is a science teacher and leads on initial teacher training at Pittville School in Cheltenham. She has previously held senior leadership roles in secondary education and at ...

The Children, Childhoods and Early Education (CCEE) SIG brings together researchers, practitioners, and students to explore and advance interdisciplinary understandings of children’s lives from early ...

The term ‘curriculum making’ is becoming increasingly common in educational policy and practice. It is a concept with a long tradition in curriculum studies, going back to the foundational work of the ...

The BERA Race, Ethnicity and Education SIG has an opening for a convenor. This SIG is active in working to promote issues of racial education and equity with international and national colleagues.