Dodd Partners
Taking on the role requires a new set of skills. It’s easy to lose the personal touch you had...
With the late inclusion of academies and free schools in new coasting schools legislation, schools could be passed around...
The schools sector is up in arms about primary assessments – both baseline and the standardised tests. I deliberately...
Education secretary Nicky Morgan has released a video to explain the government’s plans for primary assessments. Brian Lightman has watched it,...
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw yesterday criticised schools in the north west – but was he within his remit...
I attended a briefing by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) on February 5 for local authority leaders of...
Next month a report on segregation will be published for the prime minister. Hopefully it will mark the point...
There are powerful tools already available in schools. Staff must realise they don’t need to upgrade, they need to...
The new-look training courses are trying to turn out fully-formed teachers in a matter of weeks, when what they...
