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There are growing calls for writing assessment in primary to be replaced with comparative judgement, a method that promises not only more accurate judgements of writing ability but also a reduction in teachers’ workload. Warwick Mansell asks if it really is the solution teachers are crying out for

Fact-checking the former education secretary: Warwick Mansell puts Michael Gove’s statements under the microscope

Here are four key arguments to put to those who deny that education is being privatised, says one education writer

Too many school leaders are winning plaudits for focusing on superficial measures of institutional success – and it is taking education to a bad place, writes one education journalist

The system of academy oversight needs serious reform, if not outright replacement, writes one investigative journalist

We are driving children so hard that we are making them sick, and ministers and policy wonks don’t seem to care, writes one investigative journalist