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The state school that’s working private-school miracles
The London Academy of Excellence offers academically rigorous education to disadvantaged pupils. Can its model be extended across the country?
29 June 2019
Please save us from politicians’ ed policy half-truths
As the race to be the next PM heats up, we’re exposed to any number of lies about spending and performance in education
22 June 2019
‘Tinkering with Ofsted won’t help. It needs to go’
You can’t reduce complex schools to a single adjective – that’s why Ofsted will never work, argues Bernard Trafford
15 June 2019
If schools don’t teach LGBT+ acceptance, who will?
Schools must set a moral standard by embracing LGBT+ issues and stress that it’s not about tolerance, but true acceptance
6 June 2019
Could the Lib Dems make schools happier places?
If Layla Moran’s views are anything to go by, the party’s schools vision would be about wellbeing, culture and changing the world, writes Bernard Trafford
1 June 2019
Performance-related teacher pay: it simply does not work
Simplistic judgements and inflexible pay structures hurt everyone. When will the DfE wake up and recognise this, asks Bernard Trafford
25 May 2019
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