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Heads have bought into the ‘results means success’ rhetoric, chased bigger and better Ofsted gradings and become distracted from our core role, argues one leading headteacher

I love each and every gift that a student has given me – but it is the real gift of the job is knowing I can make a difference’

Being in a school is the greatest gift, it is the best Christmas present any one in education could want, writes one leading headteacher

Schools in China concentrate on providing a broad and balanced education – yet schools here, in desperate pursuit of the right ‘results’, have to narrow their focus, writes one leading primary head

League tables bleed the curriculum of content and experiences, writes one leading primary head

Policy is nothing without practice. It must resonate with the true education experts – teachers and headteachers, says one school leader