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Bernard Trafford
All articles by Bernard Trafford
‘Professionalism is diminished and teacher morale destroyed: all in the name of school accountability’
Accountability is entirely the wrong approach to take to managing our schools and their leaders, writes one headteacher
22 January 2016
‘Forget league tables, targets and tests - teachers and schools know that our real accountability is to our pupils and communities’
Those who hold the levers of power have lost sight of what really matters in education, writes a leading headteacher
14 January 2016
‘Ministers call it cracking down on poor performance. I call it persecution of a once noble and now beleaguered profession’
A leading head hopes that in 2016 we’ll work together to expose the lunacies and viciousness of bullying and over-regulation of schools and teachers
7 January 2016
Stress may be the yin to well-being’s yang
In the rush to understand how children’s emotional health might be improved, what’s overlooked is that stress can be a good thing
10 July 2015
Stress may be the yin to well-being’s yang
In the rush to understand how children’s emotional health might be improved, what’s overlooked is that stress can be a good thing
10 July 2015
‘One thing worse than a politician not interested in schools is one who is’
24 April 2015