“The phrase should serve as a reminder that the vast majority of pupils can be reached. It may take time, it may be intermittent, but where they behave for someone, there is hope.”

Secondary teacher Andrew Foster writes in defence of the dreaded teacher expression ‘Well, they behave for me’

“Why provide funding to tackle the challenges when you can instead develop a set of benchmarks to judge schools against? Just what we need - another hurdle to fall down upon.”

Headteacher Michael Tidd says the Department for Education should concentrate on tackling workload and funding pressures before asking schools to focus on character education

“The number of disadvantaged pupils in grammar schools is tiny - even if the funding is successful and raises numbers by 100 per cent in every grammar school in England, the actual number of disadvantaged children accessing grammar schools will still be pitifully small.”

Chair of anti-selection campaign group Comprehensive Future Nuala Burgess is “aghast” that more expansion cash will be available to existing grammar schools

“The step up from senior leader to headteacher is a real struggle for a black teacher. Time and time again, the aspiring leaders who ask me for advice and guidance talk about unconscious bias.”

One black and minority ethnic headteacher talks about the difficulty that many BME teachers face when aspiring to become a school leader