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One senior leader finds that Game of Thrones provides a useful analogy for the position of some schools this academic year

Promoting collaborative working and a positive atmosphere in the staff room shouldn’t be reserved for inspection days, says this anonymous teacher – welcoming new staff is essential if schools want to beat the retention crisis

Writing ahead of the publication of a special investigation into false accusations in today’s Tes magazine, one anonymous teacher remembers the day his professional life fell apart

This teacher will not be returning to school this month after being signed off with stress. Here, she reflects on the straw that finally broke the camel’s back after 14 years in the classroom

This teacher is waking in a cold sweat at the thought of starting another school year within the same old education system

The GCSE exam reforms mean that this year, teachers - and the parents and pupils they’re trying to reassure – have been flying blind, writes one geography teacher