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Bernard Trafford
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‘If your head suggests you might stay in touch over Christmas, tell them (politely) where to stick the holly’
It is profoundly important that everyone in school, from the headteacher down, knows when to turn off their emails and embrace their lazy alter-ego
21 December 2017
‘The idea of banning mobiles in schools is as daft as Canute attempting to hold back the tide’
We should recognise that tech such as mobile phones are now part of school life – now, how best to get some use out of them in the classroom?
17 December 2017
The Ofsted chief inspector might want us to shut up about the absurd pressures that come with inspection...
...but this headteacher blogger has no intention of going quietly
10 December 2017
Vive la assessment revolution! Out of widespread confusion, might we find clarity?
Most teachers don’t really understand assessment, a new report has found. Good thing too, writes one leading head. It’s time we rethought the whole thing
3 December 2017
‘With a lack of joined-up thinking about education, schools are forced to deal with the fall out from the DfE’s magic bullets’
Teachers are right to be dismayed by the lack of funding - and common sense decision making – for schools in the Autumn Budget, writes Dr Bernard Trafford
26 November 2017
‘When it comes to teacher recruitment, the DfE has been found wanting’
Policymakers are painfully short on workable solutions to England’s intractable educational problems, writes one leading educationalist
17 November 2017