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There is a lot of overlap between colleges and universities, writes Barnaby Lenon. Why are they treated so differently?

Learning small packets of knowledge, having a test and then forgetting it is not the same as assimilating two years’ work – we need to embrace the abolition of module exams, writes chairman of the independent schools council, Barnaby Lenon

Instead of putting all its energy into grammar schools and A levels, the government should focus on improving further education colleges and apprenticeships, writes the former head of Harrow School

There is a simple formula for improving education for all children and it lies in the driving up the quality of teachers in schools, writes a former head of Harrow ahead of the publication of his new book

Ministers think that forcing independent schools to work with state schools is a vote-winner – but fantastic partnerships already exist, writes the ISC chair

The chair of the Independent Schools Council, a former head of Harrow School, hits back against the idea that the private sector is losing ground