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Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards – Mark Enser explains how he came to this realisation for his cover lessons

Critics of the national curriculum falsely claim it reduces learning to a list of facts to be memorised, says Mark Enser

Attention in lessons is fundamental to learning, so anything teachers and schools can do to create attention-positive environments should be seized

In switching focus from exams to curriculum, Ofsted fails to appreciate the reality for teachers, says Mark Enser

The 2020s will bring a ‘powerful knowledge’ curriculum that will give teachers more control, predicts Mark Enser

As the average age of teachers in the UK plummets, expert teachers are becoming an increasingly endangered species, laments Mark Enser, who believes our schools are all the poorer for the loss of their valuable experience