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Alex Wood
All articles by Alex Wood
Proof that a truly outstanding teacher is never forgotten
A memoir of school life in the Sixties and Seventies testifies that some things never change
4 November 2011
Speak and spell oh so well
14 October 2011
The greatest heads I know are anything but uniform
Our tick-box culture may encourage homogeneity, but good teachers always fight it
7 October 2011
You can say anything you want - just as long as you run it by the Ministry of Truth
Heads must have the right to speak out without reproach
2 September 2011
Hard times make it feel like a bad time to leave, but the profession will bounce back
My last weeks spent on staffing and budget plans made retiral all the more difficult
5 August 2011
A career involving death, destruction and delight
Looking back over a teaching career’s incredible high and low points
1 July 2011