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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…

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Ed Cadwallader
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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…

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Opinion

What works for children in the most privileged schools will not work for everyone

While the media continues to focus on the grammar school debate and the issue of selection, I fear we…

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Payment by results: that would never happen now… or would it?

Zimmer-framed educationist that I am, I was delighted to discover Schools Week’s new column on the history of education….

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Colin Richards
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Free school meals are still the best measure of deprivation

It may not be the clearest way to allocate extra funds to disadvantaged pupils, but it’s the best there…

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Forget grammars! Sixth-form colleges are engines of social mobility

The government should consider how greater investment in sixth-form colleges could drive up standards, says James Kewin Sixth-form colleges…

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James Kewin
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…

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Amy Finch
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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…

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