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The threat of losing half a million teachers abroad is less about the exciting prospect of international jet-set teaching, and more about the government’s failings, says one leading headteacher

Broken government promises on funding and continued rationing will keep special needs and the concept of inclusion an area of complexity and conflict, argues one leading head

The Ofsted boss says we should have more “mavericks” in our schools, but he leads a section of government machinery that has done more than any other to destroy the idea of free-thinking teachers and leaders, writes one leading head

The collapse of MFL uptake will not be solved by any reconfiguring of the education system. It’s a way more ingrained problem than that, writes one leading headteacher

The robotic nature of the Department for Education’s responses suggests that there’s a crisis in the government, writes a leading head

No bullying, no naming and shaming, no extravagant claims, small performance bonuses, no shouting...There’s a lot the politicians in charge of schools could learn from Leicester City’s wonderful manager, writes one leading headteacher