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It has been an exceptionally fraught few weeks, says Geoff Barton – but now we need to give our pupils a simple message: welcome home

The DfE hasn’t sold it well, but its decision on how to assess GCSEs this year is a good one, writes Geoff Barton

Let’s build up to a full school reopening slowly and carefully – it shouldn’t be a high-stakes gamble, says Geoff Barton

The way scientific evidence has been applied to real-world education issues simply does not add up, says Geoff Barton

Instead of focusing on what children have lost this last year, let’s focus on what they’ll need next – and that includes fun, says Geoff Barton

Exam students have had almost a year of disrupted education – so a flexible approach is needed, says Geoff Barton