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One former primary teacher offers a cautionary tale for schools minister Nick Gibb from the novel Dombey and Son

Somehow, writes one educationist, we have contrived to forget many lessons about teaching that we had already learned at the turn of the last century

We are in a mess over primary assessment – and it’s largely of our own making – because we don’t accept our own ignorance

If we really want to understand how bizarre the government’s obsession with spelling and grammar has become, we need turn no further than the great Victorian novelist

Teachers want to provide the perfect education – and they feel guilty when they fall short, writes Professor Colin Richards, a former HMI and a primary sector specialist adviser to Ofsted

A former Ofsted HMI has his say on the new inspection framework