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Hilary Goldsmith
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When begging parents for money takes the biscuit
As more and more cash-strapped schools ask families to pay for basics such as stationery and toilet paper, the risk is that ‘voluntary’ contributions are anything but
16 November 2018
How can devastating cuts not lead to diving outcomes?
It’s the children starting school now who will suffer most in our cash-strapped education system, warns Hilary Goldsmith
2 November 2018
Ban the bombast and stop these reading wars now
Start planning now to ensure all your boxes have been ticked – and to avert any potential disaster
21 September 2018
Open evenings: get ready for the show
Forget the return of ‘Strictly’, says Hilary Goldsmith – the school open evening is where you’ll see real showmanship
13 September 2018
Is your school shipshape? September is sink or swim
Start planning now to ensure all your boxes have been ticked – and to avert any potential disaster
7 September 2018
‘The DfE’s deaf to qualified voices on school funding’
New £2.3m ‘cost-saving’ scheme will see schools stripped to the bone, writes one school finance director
4 September 2018