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Brian Walton
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Five things we must get right in education in 2018
Scrap Sats, concentrate on teacher wellbeing and three other things headteacher and blogger Brian Walton says we need to resolve for education to succeed in 2018
3 January 2018
‘Teaching is driving too many teachers to mental health problems’
...And it’s time we asked why, writes one experienced headteacher
18 December 2017
‘As a headteacher, I used to think of the shame I’d face if I lost my job. It now just seems like a matter of time’
It’s increasingly rare to see a headteacher survive forced academisation, and one stressed leader asks: how have we got to this cut-throat approach to headship? And why do we allow it?
23 November 2017
‘Leaders aren’t failing on behaviour - whatever people might say on Twitter’
Social media’s black-and-white approach to arguments strips vital nuance from complex debates over behaviour and exclusions, writes one primary headteacher
19 October 2017
‘Teachers deserve better - we are in real danger of breaking education’
Ministers should stop ignoring us and figure out how to resolve the many issues that are causing teachers to leave the profession in increasing numbers, writes one primary head
6 September 2017
‘So much rides on today’s Sats results - it threatens my wellbeing as a school leader’
Sats are a tiny part of running a successful school but they have an unprecedented weight of influence – it’s time they lost their monopoly, writes one primary headteacher
4 July 2017