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Secondary headteachers most likely to fill controversial ‘executive head’ roles, says Sue Palmer

National standardised tests, if scrapped, must not be replaced by council literacy and numeracy assessments, argues Sue Palmer

When a respected educationalist refers to early years as ‘herding kittens’, it makes me want to scream, says Sue Palmer

Assessing for literacy and numeracy in P1 raises the question of the most appropriate educational ethos for five-year-olds. Sue Palmer argues that the tests could damage the wellbeing of children still only halfway through their early childhood, and that a more holistic approach is required

Nothing good will come of testing the youngest pupils in Scotland, says this campaigner and former primary head