News

DfE u-turn over school fire sprinklers

The government are reportedly dropping plans to weaken fire safety standards in new schools. The Observer has learned that...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Silence (from politicians) is golden

England’s government was unusual for not having really bothered about schools until about a hundred years after everyone else....

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Features

Jill Wood, headteacher, Little London Primary School

Last month, when the Standards and Testing Agency sent its exam papers for 11-year-olds to Little London primary school...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Justine Greening stays as education secretary in May reshuffle

Justine Greening will remain as education secretary in Theresa May’s new minority government. After a turbulent weekend during which...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

‘Modest pilot’ for grammar schools, says influential Tory MP

Graham Brady, head of the influential 1922 committee of MPs, which Theresa May has been told she must now...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

What happens to grammar schools in a minority Conservative government?

Can the Conservatives still push through their plan for new grammar schools now they are a minority government? Editor...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Some images of injustice are hard to erase

Some images are hard to shake. Year 6s crying for fear they will “fail” their primary tests. Year 11s...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Features

Mary Myatt, education consultant, speaker and author

There’s something about Mary Myatt that rings of a Hollywood star. Perhaps it’s her exquisite style. She is bedecked...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney