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An overreliance on standardised data undermines our efforts to keep schools improving. If we really want to help our…

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Expecting students to take a plethora of exams at 16 makes little sense in a modern context. By stripping…

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Embracing my dyslexia makes me a better teacher

Tasks such as writing and alphabetising can be time-consuming and tricky, but children learn more helpful lessons when we…

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How do exam writers put together questions for tests?

After an Edexcel GCSE maths question about Hannah’s sweets went viral on Twitter yesterday, exam writer Paula Goddard gives…

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Promises, promises, promises…

After the election results, the government now needs to make good on its election promises. With the recent election…

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‘Rigour’ mortis for Gove GCSEs?

In November 2013, Michael Gove reminded us the Coalition had “outlined plans for changes to GCSE qualifications designed to…

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There aren’t enough academy sponsors for ‘coasting schools’ – so why not let for-profit providers try?

James Croft gives his take on plans to force “coasting” schools to become academies as revealed in today’s Queen’s Speech. A…

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The reality of school funding cuts

We may know who will govern the country for the next five years, but the detail of education funding…

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Why there is an ‘invisible’ quality to education

There is much more behind an academic grade than a child’s computational capacity or his mastery of the 3Rs…

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