Home Archived I’ll keep it short and sweet Back I’ll keep it short and sweet 25th January 2013, 12:00am Keith Davidson Share I’ll keep it short and sweet https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/ill-keep-it-short-and-sweet Copy Link Will E Bac down? (“Is retreat the only option?”, Cover story, 18 January.)Keith Davidson, Columnist on language and assessment for the National Association for the Teaching of English, Hertfordshire. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more Pointless tests Keith Davidson • 12th September 2008 The harder they come Keith Davidson • 7th June 1996 Recent Most read Most shared 10 questions with...Dr Jeffery Quaye News 19 October 2024 Staff with poor view of leaders in November more likely to leave News 18 October 2024 New ungraded inspections risk inconsistency, trusts’ leader warns News 18 October 2024 Private school VAT rules ‘not fit for purpose’ News 16 October 2024 Ofsted: Monday notification call does not apply to deferred inspections News 16 October 2024 Teacher pay scales 2024-25: what will your salary look like? Analysis 29 July 2024 Third of parents ‘more relaxed’ about children missing school News 16 October 2024 3 ways the Employment Rights Bill could upend education Analysis 16 October 2024 Careers advisers ‘should be funded in every secondary’ News 17 October 2024