Opinion

Our 4-step plan for dealing with ‘life after levels’

The removal of the old assessment levels is a huge opportunity to transform teaching and learning. Follow these steps...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘Teachers aren’t talking about peer-to-peer learning, they’re stressed about year 11’

A growing divide between those who spend their day talking about the profession and those who spend their day...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘The job that we love is being undermined’

Government policy on curriculum, exam and assessment is crippling headteachers. The result? There will be no one left to...

Ros McMullen
Ros McMullen
Opinion

How to start addressing extremism in the classroom

Discussing extremism requires knowledge of a wide range of issues unconnected to the mainstream curriculum, as well as clarity,...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Let’s agree a standardised year-by-year curriculum for all schools

In my role as Director of Academies for a large multi academy trust, I know how important it is...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Opinion

“Dare we hope the new post-16 maths course will change pupils’ minds about the subject?”

The Channel 4 series Educating Cardiff is a brilliant portrait of school life and, along with its predecessors set...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Opinion

How exam boards make sure GCSE and A level results are on a ‘level playing field’

Once again this year there has been outcries that “grade boundaries” have been moved so that it is “harder”...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Opinion

Comparable outcomes: How Ofqual makes them work in practice

Once again this year there has been outcries that “grade boundaries” have been moved so that it is “harder”...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Opinion

Policy Exchange’s ‘resit levy’ will rob Peter to pay Paul

Policy Exchange’s “Crossing the Line” report explores “improving success rates among students retaking English and Maths GCSEs” and is...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott