Features

Jon Yates, strategy director, the Challenge

Jon Yates is slender, ginger and no longer in a meeting that he should be in. He is on...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Ignore social media, pupils can cope with hard GCSE exams

What do drunk rats, teenage boys and an independent drugs company have in common? Despite sounding like key components...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

‘Why a campaign group was wrong to complain about my school’s racial intake’

Religious schools have been accused of racial segregation – but is the picture accurate? Headteacher Paul Halliewell says his...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney

Books of the year 2015

1 – The Gove Legacy By Mike Finn Easily the best book on education this year was also the...

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Blogs of the year 2015

Harry Fletcher-Wood picks… My favourite blogger of the year isn’t really a blogger, more a compiler of a latter-day...

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How We Learn: the surprising truth about when, where, why and how it happens

It’s impossible not to notice the increasing volume of books, blogs and articles on how we learn and the...

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Andrew Old picks his top blogs of the week 23 October 2015

Is there such a thing as a crap school? By @SurrealAnarchy Sometimes it is the most obviously true statements...

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Opinion

The complicated ‘truths’ of the SAT resit debate

The Conservatives will force year 7 pupils to resit their SAT exams if they don’t achieve a level 4...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

11 Things You Might Have Missed In Ofsted’s ‘Most Able Students’ Report

Headlines today are focusing on Ofsted’s disappointment at schools over the progress of ‘most able’ students. Having a go...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney