insights
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Whole-System Reform: Key Strategies to Overhaul Support for SEND
Ahead of our Education Insights special issue on SEND and Inclusion, Sam Derby talks with Amanda Wright, Head of Whole School SEND at nasen, to get their perspective.
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EAA checklist: How to ensure your digital content is accessibile
Are you prepared for the European Accessibility Act coming into enforcement on 28th June 2025? With this shift in legislation, it’s more important than ever that content is designed with accessibility at the forefront.
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Why invest in design? How to create engaging, effective and inclusive education materials
Why investing in design will help your education products to be more effective, engaging and inclusive.
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Improving Literacy and Oracy Outcomes: a MAT’s Story
Shareen Wilkinson, Executive Director of Education at LEO Academy Trust, talks with Keira Moulding about LEO’s journey to improve literacy outcomes.
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AI and Literacy: How AI can enhance reader engagement
Pickatale’s Sigbjørn Dugal and Emily Guille-Marrett spoke to Sam Derby about how AI can enhance reader engagement and literacy.
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Making Change: A Greener Curriculum
Sustainability subject expert Claire Gilbert talks with Paul Turner from the teacher collective, Ministry of Eco Education and Jamie Agombar from the student-driven Students Organising for Sustainability UK about the outlook for climate education in the curriculum review.
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The Industry View: Education Stakeholders Must Be at the Heart of Reform
Peter Doyle is Policy Manager at BESA. Here he provides an industry perspective on the curriculum review.
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The Curriculum and Assessment Review: What the Experts Want to See
For issue 5 of Education Insights, we spoke to 13 education stakeholders about their ambitions and aspirations for England’s curriculum and assessment review.
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The EPI Manifesto Review: is Labour ready to tackle key challenges in education?
With there likely to be little room for manoeuvre in terms of the education budget following the result of July’s general election, the debate about where and how to focus any spending is well underway.
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Education at Scale: The Research Picture
Hannie Kirkham and Sam Derby look at recent research into education at scale to identify emerging trends.
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Education at Scale: Scaling Reach Through Solutions with Impact
For Ark, scaling reach hasn’t always meant adding schools; the organisation wants to have a much wider impact. Caroline Doherty talks about growth in trusts, the need for consolidation and codification, and providing school solutions at scale.
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Education at Scale: Supporting Students with SEND
New research from NFER sheds light on the approaches adopted by MATs in supporting students with SEND. Matt Walker draws on these findings to outline the challenges and opportunities facing MATs in helping to build a more inclusive system.