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‘We need more focus on testing and inspection, not less’
Accountability is essential to improve schools, argues TES columnist Michael Tidd – but surely we can be more intelligent than the systems that are thrust upon us
1 August 2016
‘Ministers show contempt for the teaching profession’
The system is well beyond broken, writes our new TES columnist – it is a disaster, which the DfE has failed to even acknowledge
27 July 2016
‘The horror as the curtain falls at the end of the primary year has no easy solution’
TES columnist Michael Tidd argues that a busy conclusion to the year is an inevitable result of the rush and stumble of our school term structure
11 July 2016
‘The Sats results show that either we were all complaining unnecessarily or we’ve somehow found a way to cheat the system’
The DfE is not wholly responsible for the current key stage 2 assessment system – teachers have a lot to answer for, too, says one primary headteacher
5 July 2016
‘Science is so often forgotten at primary - many assume computing is the third core subject instead’
TES primary columnist Michael Tidd argues that science is the forgotten subject at primary and that it highlights issues between teacher assessment and testable attainment
27 June 2016
‘Children struggle in Year 7 as no one in secondary knows a child as well as we do in primary’
Deputy headteacher Michael Tidd argues that we do not do enough around transition to ensure children are able to thrive in their new environment
20 June 2016