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Headteachers are drowning in accountability
The premature retirement of celebrated head Stephen Tierney shows it’s time to overhaul how schools are held to account, says Ed Dorrell
29 March 2019
‘I was a burnt-out teacher: here’s my story’
Speaking at LKMCo and Tes’s Canaries in the Mine debate last week, former teacher Eleanor Bernardes tells her story
28 March 2019
Would PM Gove want to finish his unfinished schools revolution?
Boris might be tempted to give new life to grammar school expansion, but Gove would surely wade back into academisation
22 March 2019
Autonomy vs accountability: education’s impossible paradox
We think of autonomy and accountability as being at opposite ends of a spectrum, but both are instruments of political power used to control schools, writes Ed Dorrell. He argues that it’s time for teachers to cut through the nonsense and shape the debate for themselves
15 March 2019
My mea culpa: the gender balance of Tes contributors is all wrong
On this International Women’s Day, Tes’s head of content admits that the editorial team needs to do more to recruit female writers
8 March 2019
From porn to gambling: can PSHE fix all society’s ills?
Teachers are happy to help young people navigate life’s challenges, but lessons about betting or sex ed can only go so far
1 March 2019
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