Opinion

Is it ever OK to remove a child from your roll?

Ofsted has been downgrading schools that “off-roll” students. But what does it actually mean? Cath Murray explains… The whole...

John Dickens
CATH MURRAY
Opinion

Funding formula threatens small schools with extinction

As an election looms, funding promises abound, but Thomas Moore is pretty sure that small schools will continue to...

JL Dutaut
THOMAS MOORE
Opinion

Everyone should be asking candidates tough questions

The Headteachers’ Roundtable’s “Big 5” election manifesto gives a new vision of professionalism and trust, restoring confidence in education,...

JL Dutaut
ROS MCMULLEN
Opinion

Organising our thoughts about teaching – the work of Mary Kennedy

How we organise our thoughts shapes how we view the world and how we act. At Ambition Institute, we...

JL Dutaut
HARRY FLETCHER-WOOD
Opinion

£300,000 will not solve my school’s building woes

The paths in Andy Byers’ school flood, the science prep room is the size of two toilets and less...

JL Dutaut
ANDY BYERS
Opinion

What CPD is really worthwhile investing in?

The Chartered College of Teaching believes strongly in the value of teacher professional learning. Yet the term encompasses a...

JL Dutaut
SARAH HARRISON
Opinion

Less accountability, more responsibility are key to better CPD

Raedwald Trust is taking matters into its own hands on recruitment, retention and workload, writes Angela Ransby, with a...

JL Dutaut
ANGELA RANSBY
Opinion

Should all teachers complete a Master’s Degree?

It would be fair to say that Friday’s proposal by Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) that...

JL Dutaut
CAT SCUTT
Opinion

How to speak to young people about the future

The ‘raising aspirations’ discourse is dead, and I’m happy to have played a small part in its demise. Over...

JL Dutaut
DR SAM BAARS