Author: JL Dutaut

The underachievement of white, working-class boys has made the headlines again this Christmas. But what does it take the get them to succeed? Atlantic Academy principal, Lesley Bishop is on a mission to find out If we are serious about ending the perennial problem of white working-class boys’ academic underachievement, there are no shortcuts. Stereotyping […]

There’s something wrong with the honours system if it rewards independent school heads and omits more worthy recipients of recognition for services to education, writes Dan Townsend Andrew Halls has been the Headmaster of King’s College Wimbledon for twelve years, one of the highest achieving independent schools in the country. This year, he made the […]

The school inspectorate’s Fight or Flight report is a damning admission of its own failures, writes Mary Bousted. But it could also be the first step in a bold new direction I wonder if today’s Ofsted report on stuck schools is the start of a new approach on behalf of the schools’ inspectorate? For years, […]

A recent House of Commons Briefing Paper suggests that on current trends, by 2021/22, the share of children in relative low income after housing costs will be at its highest for as far back as there is consistent data (the 1960s)[i]. This is an increasingly common challenge for schools, and Christmas can make things even […]

Despite the backdrop of continued political uncertainty and a government in relative paralysis, 2019 has been an exciting year for the School Business Leadership (SBL) profession, writes Stephen Morales ISBL has long campaigned to give School Business Professionals (SBPs) a system leadership role, where their unique skills, qualifications and experiences are recognised and embraced by […]

Education has gone as far back to basics as it possibly can, writes Martin Matthews. If only politicians found ABC as easy as 123 If one phrase could sum up this year’s education policy, it would be ‘more heat than light’. The previous year’s cut-and-thrust of policy announcements evaporated like a will-o’-the-wisp, leaving governors with […]

Primaries, their teachers and pupils face an unprecedented crisis if things don’t change in 2020, says Robert Campbell. And the most vulnerable will pay first and hardest I spent five months of this year as the Interim Head of a maintained primary school that had been judged ‘requires improvement’ the previous year. This school, like […]