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Young people should choose to volunteer or join sports teams – making it compulsory won’t work, says Bernard Trafford

Schools need to be accountable, but the current system doesn’t sharpen accountability – it muddles and confuses it

As if the inadequate pay rise wasn’t insulting enough, the DfE now want struggling schools to cut costs further – it’s outrageous

Increasing salaries for maths and science teachers in a bid to attract more graduates into teaching is unlikely to work

It all makes sense once you remind yourself of the constant buffeting by politicians and the media obsessed by academic standards, failing schools, naming and shaming, and league tables

Instead of obsessing over league tables and grades, let’s take pleasure in seeing our students get where they want to go