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Bernard Trafford
All articles by Bernard Trafford
‘Education’s political landscape needs more conciliation and less Jeremy Hunt’
That education secretary Nicky Morgan is prepared to show up to a teacher union conference is, at the very least, good mood music, writes one leading headteacher
11 March 2016
‘Teachers have a human need to be appreciated, and recognised for the extra they put in, and money alone will not be enough’
The government will never build goodwill among the teaching profession while carping about the shortcomings of schools, imposing crude business-style performance measures and making them labour under a hostile inspectorate, writes a leading headteacher
5 March 2016
Be warned: the next Ofsted Rottweiler to be appointed will come with even sharper fangs
Modern education ministers don’t want independent advice, writes a leading headteacher. They want their own prejudices and agendas to be confirmed and enforced by a tightly controlled inspectorate
24 February 2016
‘This idea that the state and independent sectors are in a death match does no one any favours’
In an open letter, a leading independent school head takes the publisher of the Good Schools Guide to task
11 February 2016
‘Cuts to support for disabled students: it’s callous - cynical even - and it’s wrong’
One leading headteacher damns cuts to support for disabled students once they leave school for university
5 February 2016
Forcing home-educated children into schools for child protection won’t work - and it’s not the job of teachers anyway
Choosing to educate your child at home is a human right, writes one leading headteacher, and attempting to do away with home schooling would benefit no one
28 January 2016