Teacher retention: Building the evidence base on flexible working
In collaboration with UCL Institute of Education, we carried out research funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to understand more about offsite PPA in primary and secondary schools.
Ofsted – You said, they responded
When Ofsted consulted with the profession on their proposals for a new inspection system, we brought together a number of member focus groups, including with Sir Martyn Oliver, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, so that your views could shape the direction. We invited them to make changes to five aspects of their new framework. Now that they have published their response, how much did they listen?
New partnership to support teacher and classroom assistant development in Northern Ireland
Education Minister Paul Givan has announced a new partnership with the Chartered College of Teaching to give teachers and classroom assistants access to their evidence-informed professional learning programmes.
This October: Invest in your growth and empower your teaching
This October we want to help you access high quality evidence informed CPD that strengthens your practice, inspires your teaching and supports your pupils’ learning.
From Valleys to Vision: why I became a Fellow of the Chartered College
At the age of 11 when tasked in a Welsh lesson with writing a sentence about what we wanted to be when we grew up, I vividly remember asking my athrawes what the Welsh for ‘surveyor specialising in the regeneration of communities’ was. For the interests of what I belatedly understood from my PGCE was ‘lesson pace’, her response offered a compromise of pensaer (architect) which was clearly not right but enabled the class to move on, troublemaker far from satiated, but duly silenced. From an early age though, I was very clear: I was interested in communities, social cohesion, a sense of justice and adequate provision for all.
Summer Reading: summary 2025
Throughout the summer term, some of you have told us that you would like some reading recommendations for over the summer break. While we wanted to encourage everyone to take a proper break from work, we also wanted to support those of you who would like to delve deeper into educational topics of interest. Read on for recommendations made by our members, including bonus books and highlights of where you can access discounts.
A Commitment to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in Education
DEI SCITT coach Humayun Ahmed reflects on his enlightening experience working with teacher training providers to improve diversity, equality, and inclusion in recruitment practices. Through collaborative dialogue, simple yet effective changes emerged—from updating imagery to forming more inclusive interview panels. With overwhelming positive engagement from SCITTs, Ahmed shares practical insights and celebrates the progress toward creating educational environments where every prospective teacher feels valued and supported.
A profession that inspires and endures: A blog about the Teaching Commission’s July 2025 report
The Teaching Commission’s July 2025 report, ‘Shaping the Future of Teaching’, offers a powerful and timely analysis of the state of teaching in England. Drawing on extensive evidence and practitioner insight, including from our series of Fellow roundtables hosted by Fellows of the Chartered College of Teaching who sat on the commission, the report sets out a vision for a profession that is valued, supported and sustainable.
It’s not just a diagnosis; it’s a roadmap.
Changing narratives and flipping scripts
As part of the Chartered College’s series on recruitment and retention, a roundtable with fellows and with colleagues from the Teaching Commission was held with the aim of understanding what teachers feel allows them to have the greatest impact in the classroom. This blog picks out the central ideas from the discussion and positions them in the wider context of national debate about how the education sector can better support teachers to have the impact in classrooms that will give them the meaning and purpose to remain in the job.
Mission 44 and Downing Street
Recently, out of the blue, I received an email from Number 10 Downing Street inviting me to attend a round table with the Prime Minister, to discuss ‘Opportunity for all: how can we make sure all young people are supported to succeed at school’. At any time, an invitation such as this would have been something I would have been delighted and excited to receive. This area of discussion, however, is something I have been thinking about, writing about and through the lens of ‘Learning without Limits’ and latterly Rethinking Assessment have been agitating about, for over twenty years.
