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‘Sats don’t prepare pupils for secondary school. So what’s their purpose? To impress Ofsted?’
With primary pupils aimed at Sats in May, by the time they reach secondary school they have forgotten what they learned, says one secondary English teacher
26 April 2018
‘Hasn’t Ofsted got bigger things to worry about than girls wearing hijabs?’
Shouldn’t Ofsted be trying to tackle children’s mental health, teacher workload and funding, instead of creating another issue that singles out Muslims, asks one English teacher
23 November 2017
‘Homework expectations are fast becoming unreasonable and unrealistic’
Homework is preventing young people from getting essential rest and experiencing extracurricular opportunities and family time, warns one English teacher
6 August 2017
‘Why I ran a Q&A about my Muslim faith with Year 9 - and you should find someone to do the same’
Students need the freedom and permission to ask questions about Islam so the media does not warp their perception of the faith, says this English teacher
16 March 2017
‘I wish my teacher knew...[fill blank]’
When a boy told Anjum Peerbacos that he wasn’t ‘bright’, the heartbreaking admission showed the importance of fighting the system to support the pupil
10 February 2017
Teaching under Prevent: ‘We are alienating Muslim students - terrorist recruiters can use that alienation’
For this special issue, TES asked a broad selection of teachers to describe their experience of working under the duty. In this article, an English teacher shares her story
4 November 2016