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Geoff Barton
Geoff Barton
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GCSEs: ‘Schools have been well and truly dumped on’
Schools are doing the heavy lifting for GCSE and A level – so it’s galling they face exam board fees, says Geoff Barton
Secondary
7 May 2021
Mobile phones? Does Gavin have any real ideas at all?
The education secretary’s fixation with phones suggests he has no ideas for the post-pandemic future, says Geoff Barton
30 April 2021
Is there any point to Pisa?
It’s a moderately interesting exercise that reveals little – why do we worship at the altar of Pisa, asks Geoff Barton
Secondary
23 April 2021
Imagine if government was a help, not a hindrance...
The period of mourning for the Duke of Edinburgh has given us respite from endless DfE verbiage, says Geoff Barton
16 April 2021
Are hubs or phone bans what schools really need now?
Covid has exposed dire inequalities in education – yet Gavin Williamson talks of phone bans, says Geoff Barton
General
9 April 2021
Teachers have worked 12 months solid. We need a break
Exams guidance has been published – just in time for Easter. But Covid only exacerbates an existing workload problem, says Geoff Barton
General
26 March 2021