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GCSEs seem increasingly archaic – Victorian, even. We have an ‘oven-ready’ replacement ready to go in the form of New Labour’s abandoned Tomlinson reforms

We often call for transformative policies, says ASCL general secretary Geoff Barton, and here is one that looks at the shape of things to come and offers a socially just and economically astute solution

It is important that teachers are allowed to speak out about funding and other issues facing schools, says ASCL’s general secretary

...and it’s the beacon of optimism that radiates from our schools and colleges

The provisional performance tables show us that our exam system is failing 190,000 pupils, says Geoff Barton

The new Ofsted inspection framework is not short in detractors, but ultimately it could prove a major step in the right direction. We must remember that