Opinion

Amanda Spielman is right: our schools are too risk averse

Risk-aversion in schools has gone too far, argues Andy Phippen. We need to empower our pupils to manage and...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
Opinion

50 years before we have an equitable school system

We’re making slow progress in closing the attainment gap, claims the Education Policy Institute’s Jo Hutchinson, because the picture...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
Opinion

We need a Bacc for the future, not a curriculum from 1904

The English Baccalaueate is driving pupils – especially those from poorer backgrounds – away from creative subjects. This cannot...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
News

Controversial superhead Liam Nolan takes the helm at new school

A controversial “superhead” who resigned from an academy trust last year after a government probe found significant financial irregularities...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
Opinion

Don’t throw the SATs out with their administrator

A lot of loud voices in the sector are calling for an end to SATs after the latest marking...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn