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The role of inspection has become disproportionate and this must change after the general election, says this school head

Sir Andrew Carter’s comments about teachers who request flexible working are archaic, says WomenEd founder

It is easy for school leaders to see the speed at which they rattle through their to-do list as a measure of success – but being too focused on tasks, rather than developing your staff, is the opposite of good leadership, warns executive head Helena Marsh

For a leader, it can be reassuring when everyone consistently backs up decisions from the top – but is it really healthy? Principal Helena Marsh argues that school leaders need to guard against blind conformity to ensure that decisions are properly scrutinised

Why the teaching community must join forces to find a better way to collaborate

When headteacher Helena Marsh read the DfE-commissioned independent workload review reports on data management and marking, she realised it contained important lessons for her own school. Here, she reveals how the recommendations have changed her staff’s working lives for the better