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Ministers should stop ignoring us and figure out how to resolve the many issues that are causing teachers to leave the profession in increasing numbers, writes one primary head

Sats are a tiny part of running a successful school but they have an unprecedented weight of influence – it’s time they lost their monopoly, writes one primary headteacher

...one sick child, a loss in the spelling sweepstake and several grammar chants later, Sats Week is over, writes one primary headteacher

I have been in schools during Sats week where the anxiety hangs like a shroud – the children can sense the fear as they walk the corridors

This is not about heads being able to teach a class and understand a teacher’s modern day struggles, it’s about the lack of trust within our profession, writes one leading headteacher

Taking on apprentices can be a way to create exciting opportunities and intricately develop schools’ involvement in teacher training, writes one leading headteacher