“It must be time, in 2019, to look at governors’ relevance. It seems to me that the whole idea of governance by a rather random collection of local people might have become a little dated.”

Former headteacher Colin Harris questions the role of governors in schools

“Coding is just one technique of our times. And I think it would be a bad mistake to have that tool become ingrained. You teach it to three-year-olds and by the time they graduate, they will ask you, ‘Remind me, what was coding?’”

Andreas Schleicher, director for education and skills at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, believes that coding will soon become outdated

“I say to my staff all the time that success is all about relationships. You’ve got to show [pupils] that they matter to you and take an interest in them and be warm and really be supportive.”

Jane Nolan, Tes’ headteacher of the year, talks about how to help children at a school in one of the most deprived areas of the country to succeed

“I expect Professor Muijs to reconsider and to withdraw from this speaking engagement. If he does not, he is part of the ‘snake oil’ school-improvement industry that Ofsted declares school leaders should pay no heed to.”

Mary Bousted, the NEU teaching union’s joint-general secretary, says that Professor Daniel Muijs, head of research at Ofsted, should not be giving guidance on the watchdog’s new inspection framework at a £390-per-ticket event