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Malcolm Trobe
All articles by Malcolm Trobe
We must all do our bit to develop school leaders
The ramifications of the recruitment crisis are significant, not least in terms of fostering leadership potential – but the profession can seize the initiative
3 February 2017
Progress 8: ‘No performance measure has so far been devised that provides a complete picture of a school’
Progress 8 maybe an improvement, but its results should still be handed with extreme care, writes one heads’ leader
20 January 2017
‘The Chancellor is preparing to splash the cash in infrastructure. But what about the most important investment of all: schools’
With ministers preparing to set out their spending plans in tomorrow’s Autumn Statement, they must not forget that heads and teachers are now really feeling the squeeze, writes one heads’ leader
22 November 2016
‘Ministers have no plan to deal with the recruitment crisis or funding cuts: but they do want grammars’
The education secretary is speaking to Conservative Party Conference today. Will she come up with some answers to education’s most pressing questions, asks a heads’ leader
4 October 2016
‘The GCSE results illustrate how ministers have no choice but accept more flexibility in the EBacc’
The GCSE results show that students have varied needs and education policy must match the reality of this complex picture, says educational expert
26 August 2016
‘Funding cuts are to blame for the decline in key A-level subjects’
Money spent now on education is money spent on the long-term economic wellbeing of the country, writes the Association of School and College Leaders’ interim general secretary
19 August 2016