Opinion

The problem isn’t the framework, it’s high-stakes accountability

Ros McMullen gives ‘a big thumbs-up’ to the emphasis on curriculum – although, she says, she struggles with how...

Ros McMullen
ROS MCMULLEN
Opinion

Let’s subvert the ‘centres of excellence’ policy

Following Schools Week’s revelation that the government will allow MATs internally to select pupils by ability, Ros McMullen suggests...

Ros McMullen
Ros McMullen
Opinion

Lack passion? Bloody difficult? – Women leaders know this language all too well

Back in December 2014 I first wrote a blog entitled “What I am learning about sexism” and was surprised...

Ros McMullen
Ros McMullen
Opinion

‘Tread warily in this brave new academy world’

Teacher training needed reform. But are school-led routes the only solution? Accountability, parent power and the question of who...

Ros McMullen
Ros McMullen
Opinion

From the frontline: thoughts on the school-led system

Former executive principal Ros McMullen sets out her vision of what a school-led system now needs. In the first...

Ros McMullen
Ros McMullen

The Collapse of Parenting – how we hurt our kids when we treat them as grown-ups

“By age 10, an American child is more likely to look to peers than to parents for guidance about...

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‘The job that we love is being undermined’

Government policy on curriculum, exam and assessment is crippling headteachers. The result? There will be no one left to...

Ros McMullen
Ros McMullen