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

Reputation matters: How to do PR as a school

Issues management should be as much a part of forward planning in schools and trusts as the annual prospectus,...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

The mystery of the disappearing education secretary

As another party conference season ebbs away, this is usually the part where I write a column about the...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Who was the first politician to announce the end of grammar schools?

The common belief is that it was Labour education secretary Anthony Crosland. He sent out a circular in 1965...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Multi-Academy Trusts could be the saviour of education in the north

Successful trusts need to leave their cosy London bubble if education in the north is to improve, says Jonathan...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Business rates revaluation: what schools need to know

In what has been billed as the biggest change in a generation, the process of the 2017 business rates...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

FGM is child abuse and schools need to talk about it

Every school leader should be aware of the issues of female genital mutilation, says Hibo Wardere. Female genital mutilation...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Grammar schools are a symptom not a cure

The design of the schools system requires that failure exists somewhere. Ed Cadwallader says the only fix is a...

Ed Cadwallader
Ed Cadwallader
Opinion

How selection could – and probably will – seep back in

“There is no way they will get this grammar school thing through.” That’s what former shadow education secretary Lucy...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney