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The ex-England rugby union head coach and former PE teacher tells Jennifer Richardson that schools need to be freed from a culture of accountability based on exam results and learn lessons from the world of elite sport

The debilitating cold dread that engulfs students faced with mathematical questions in class is more common than you might think – and teachers and parents may be the root cause, finds Jennifer Richardson

A plethora of schools are home to a variety of animals – from dogs and rabbits to goats and herds of buffalo – in the belief that they improve pupil engagement and may even boost results. But is there actually any evidence to show that these pet projects improve pupils’ learning, asks Jennifer Richardson

Linguistics shows that we can recognise more than 10,000 facial expressions, so the idea that teachers can convey more with emojis than just words is far from outlandish, the language expert tells Jennifer Richardson