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Why this GCSE system is no longer fit for purpose

Adam Seldon

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1w | Opinion

It feels like learning matters not for its own sake or pupil cultivation, but for the school’s progress score

Adam Seldon

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1w | Opinion
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Pupil wellbeing and academic attainment? You can have both…

Dani Payne

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2w | Opinion

It is not wrong to pursue higher attainment, but research suggests that it’s how you go about it that matters

Dani Payne

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2w | Opinion
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The best schools have autonomy – don’t take it away

Meg Powell-Chandler

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3w | Opinion

Devolution needs to empower schools, not give them another layer of bureaucracy

Meg Powell-Chandler

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3w | Opinion
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Get reading right to boost white working class outcomes

Paul Charman

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3w | Opinion

We won’t improve outcomes for white disadvantaged pupils unless we take reading fluency seriously

Paul Charman

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3w | Opinion
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We need a more ethnically representative teaching workforce

Stephen Gorard

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3w | The Research Leader

Overall, there are fewer ethnic minority teachers in England, as a proportion, than ethnic minority pupils

Stephen Gorard

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3w | The Research Leader

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Why this GCSE system is no longer fit for purpose

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The best schools have autonomy – don’t take it away

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