Geoff Barton

The way scientific evidence has been applied to real-world education issues simply does not add up...

Instead of focusing on what children have lost this last year, let's focus on what they'll need next...

Exam students have had almost a year of disrupted education - so a flexible approach is needed, says...

The government needs a robust and logical plan for the full reopening of schools. Geoff Barton...

The Covid test plan for schools will fall apart unless government can show evidence of its efficacy...

It's all very well calling for Gavin Williamson's head – but he's the product of a muddled...

With last-minute plans for a staggered term start and mass testing, the government has gone too far...

The DfE hit a squalid new low by announcing that it would give staff a break with an Inset day, says...

GCSEs and A levels 2021 have shown us how important it is to make the exams system as fair as...

School leaders are frustrated at their lack of freedom – mass disobedience will be hard to contain...

Giving local education leaders the power to make decisions over school access is the way forward...

News of a vaccine breakthrough is a cause for cautious hope – but we need the government to give us...

Endless discussion of minor modifications to the guidance on face masks disguises the very real...

Will government take action in time to save students and teachers from another exams nightmare, asks...

Although this half-term has been bleak and relentless, teachers are focusing on their moral purpose...

Teachers want to work with government in a collaborative way – but will ministers accept the offer...

Will England follow in Scotland's wake and cancel the 2021 GCSEs? Or will it just dither some more...

Despairing teachers need to feel that the government has their backs. Instead, there are threats...

School leaders are experiencing a tumultuous range of emotions at the moment, including frustration...

Test and trace is unravelling, a winter of chaos beckons – and it is the students who will suffer...

The government is talking about millions of Covid tests every day – and yet pupils and staff are...

This week, schools around the country reopened without histrionics or melodrama. If only the country...

Perhaps the row is not actually about wearing face masks – masks have simply become a proxy for all...

GCSE results day 2020 has involved a lot of teacher angst and effort. Whatever else went wrong this...

The reaction of headteachers shows that this is a line-in-the-sand moment for our education system...

We must tackle the disconnect between schools and colleges over choosing the best post-16 pathway...

In planning to open schools, the government should hope for the best but prepare for the worst, says...

Heads and teachers have been accused of obstructing plans for a full return to school in September...

Geoff Barton appreciates it's hard to cover every issue when reopening schools during a pandemic –...

It's been a week of yet more mixed messages from government, writes Geoff Barton – but school...