Features

Sue Jay, Head of creative arts, Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School

Rain is lashing down outside the drama studio at the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, but inside there’s...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Teachers shouldn’t fear a robot revolution

Two conferences this week and I got the now obligatory conference-chat about robots at both. Andreas Schleicer, the head...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

How schools should handle snow days

Every time an English school is forced to take a day off for bad weather, the usual suspects ooze...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Features

Helena Marsh, executive principal, Chilford Hundred Education Trust

Helena Marsh is scouring the SSAT conference programme looking for a suitable interview time. She’s one of the opening...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Features

Toby Salt, Chief executive, AQA

Stag’s Hill in Guildford is an address known to the many secondary teachers who have submitted GCSE coursework to...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Features

David Benson, Principal, Kensington Aldridge Academy

This isn’t supposed to be a story about Grenfell Tower. It’s supposed to be the story of David Benson,...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Features

Daisy Christodoulou, Director, No More Marking

The Charles Dickens Museum café is a pertinent location to meet Daisy Christodoulou, the author of the enduringly popular...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

All aboard the ‘Skills Revolution’! (Even you, Mr Gibb)

“The Conservative Party has got a major problem when its own secretary of state for education is on the...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Features

Chris Jansen, chief executive, Cognita Schools

Cognita Schools is a rare thing: a turnaround private school chain, a phenomenon more commonly discussed in relation to...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney