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‘We must give our attention to the students at the margins, those least well served by today’s new GCSEs’
GCSE results day 2017: In this post-storm lull, we must ask how the reformed qualification will help those students in the middle and lower ability range
24 August 2017
How to tell your exam results day story: A guide for headteachers
It’s that time of year when school leaders are besieged by members of the local media about their students’ results – here are a few tips on how to tell your school’s results day story
20 August 2017
Results day: ‘As our country becomes more insular, so, it seems, does its curriculum’
We mustn’t allow ourselves to become the generation that allows ambition, social justice and creativity to be sidelined in education, writes the general secretary of the ASCL
17 August 2017
You’ve earned your right to a guilt-free holiday
At a time when workload is squeezing joy out of the classroom, teachers should shout loudly about the length of their summer break, writes Geoff Barton
21 July 2017
‘This £1.3 billion may be a short-term fix, but we need to know where it has come from’
If this funding boost for schools is money saved from elsewhere in the education budget, and not ‘new’ money, we will be examining the implications, writes ASCL leader Geoff Barton
17 July 2017
‘The real issues that matter for schools were missing from the Queen’s Speech - funding and teacher supply’
Instead of wasting time attempting to resurrect grammar school plans, the government needs to urgently address the funding crisis and the severe shortage of teachers, writes ASCL leader Geoff Barton
21 June 2017
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