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Test and trace is unravelling, a winter of chaos beckons – and it is the students who will suffer, says Geoff Barton

The government is talking about millions of Covid tests every day – and yet pupils and staff are struggling to get tested. Let’s deal with reality, not dreams, says Geoff Barton

This week, schools around the country reopened without histrionics or melodrama. If only the country were as well led, says Geoff Barton

Perhaps the row is not actually about wearing face masks – masks have simply become a proxy for all the anxiety surrounding the reopening of schools, says Geoff Barton

GCSE results day 2020 has involved a lot of teacher angst and effort. Whatever else went wrong this year, the profession rose to the challenge admirably, says Geoff Barton

The reaction of headteachers shows that this is a line-in-the-sand moment for our education system, writes Geoff Barton