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No matter what the cause, leaders can’t condone pupils’ striking on the grounds of pupil safety, writes Geoff Barton

Hasn’t the Department for Education got better things to do instead of worrying about mobile phones, asks Geoff Barton

The Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy felt like a breath of fresh air, but the good vibes didn’t last, writes Geoff Barton

GCSE league tables are damaging to schools with disadvantaged kids – let’s measure inclusivity instead, says Geoff Barton

Ofsted’s new framework will see schools torn between the inspectorate’s want for a broad curriculum and the DfE’s obsession with hard data for performance tables

Now is the time that we should do the thinking, and not just be the passive enforcers of other people’s ideas – before it’s too late, says Geoff Barton