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GCSE English language is ambiguous and time-consuming – and out of sync with English language A level, says one teacher

Leaving a school is hard enough without staff being made to feel guilty or ignored in their final days, writes this assistant head

World Book Day is a commercial gimmick, an empty gesture, and undermines a genuine lifelong love of reading, writes one assistant head

Good exam results – not so-called ‘soft skills’ – give pupils limitless life opportunities, writes one teacher

We have a duty in schools to develop our pupils’ cultural capital and this comes from Animal Farm, Great Expectations and Frankenstein – not easy-reads, writes one head of English