Opinion

School are not mini-immigration offices – and never should be

Schools should not make parents show their children’s passports. For anything. That’s a really simple rule. It’s also a...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Academies are vital to May’s reform agenda

The government’s determination to expand selection must be done within the current system – and that includes academies, says...

Amy Finch
Amy Finch
Opinion

Minority ethnic students are baffled by British values

Research corner with Dr Alison Davies, associate lecturer at the Open University. What have you been working on? We...

Research Contributor
Research Contributor
Opinion

No one is talking about a return to the 11-plus

An element of selection will not necessarily lead to a return of the secondary modern, says Heath Monk. However,...

Heath Monk
Heath Monk
Opinion

If you can pass the test you’re in. But who benefits?

The grammar schools proposal could be described as a “great right-wing fraud”, says David Blunkett… pretending you are delivering to...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Why grammars are a five-sided dice trick

A jumbo five-sided dice is due to land at the Schools Week towers this week. It is smooth, blue,...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

The utopian origins of comprehensive schools

The first in a weekly series of columns looking into the archives of education and using the past to...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Teacher transfer window: Why can’t we fill our vacancies 365-days-a-year?

The idiosyncratic “teacher transfer windows” model is failing schools and teachers. Notice periods for teachers should come into line...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

10 ways to make workload less of a challenge

Russell Hobby and Professor Toby Salt explore what more the government can do about teacher workload and what practical...

Russell Hobby
Russell Hobby