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‘We will not go quietly when it comes to the desperate need for increased school funding’
The stakes surrounding school funding are simply too high and matter too much for us to give up – our pupils, teachers and schools deserve nothing less than the very best education, writes one teachers’ leader
1 December 2017
How much can you tell about a school in just five minutes?
Schools are highly complex and multifaceted organisations - you need more than a quick walk down the corridors to really understand what’s going on, writes one teachers’ leader
24 November 2017
‘Schools are constantly being asked to do more with less - they can’t solve all of society’s issues alone’
Extra duties come with extra costs and next week’s budget needs to include additional funding for our schools, writes one teachers’ leader
16 November 2017
Policymakers must pass the accountability test
The latest Ofsted report acknowledges its role in creating a system that places too much emphasis on results. Now it’s time for a debate, says James Bowen
20 October 2017
‘We need to break free from the belief that numbers on a chart act as a reliable proxy for learning’
Schools have the key to break the shackles of teacher assessment – but teachers need to be brave enough to introduce their own post-levels system, writes NAHT’s James Bowen
7 October 2017
Sats: ‘Gone are the days when perfectly good writers are unfairly penalised’
Hopefully we will no longer see pupils that can write to undergraduate standard at a disadvantage for being dyslexic
14 September 2017
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