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It is human connection that powers education – not a clinically prescribed way of teaching, writes Jon Severs

‘Parental engagement’ is a such a complex and slippery concept that neither teachers nor parents have any chance of living up to expectations, writes Jon Severs

Teachers are facing unprecedented challenges at the moment, so why are policymakers pushing ‘business as usual’, asks Jon Severs

The fact that narrow Ofsted judgements have become the sole focus of parents choosing a school shows how difference is being crushed in the education system, writes Jon Severs

If the government’s long-awaited SEND review assesses support purely in terms of medical research and academic outcomes, it will fail to deliver for children and their families, writes Jon Severs

Teachers deserve the freedom to pick and choose from the different approaches out there, not be ostracised for varying their practice, writes Jon Severs