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We must try to ensure some good comes from the pandemic, writes one primary head. After the trauma of coronavirus, we cannot simply go back to business as usual in our schools

Sats remind me of the Wizard of Oz – pull back the curtain and they are exposed as ridiculous, says Siobhan Collingwood

Teachers are coming together to shout about funding and poverty – but we need to increase the volume, says one head

There’s so much data on child poverty, but no national measure. We desperately need to introduce one, says this head

September brings optimism, hope and renewed companionship in schools – you need to keep that positivity, says one head

On Sats results day, this head couldn’t forget the student who had scrawled ‘I am dumb’ all over her test paper