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Ministers’ over-dependence on annual test results has taken its toll on a generation of heads – and those put off headship because of it – but there are refreshing signs that this could be changing

Schools are in danger of losing the institutional memory that comes with having a profession infused with experience, writes one heads’ leader

Schools are complex, complicated places with a variety of strengths and weaknesses that a single grade can often mask, writes one heads’ leader

Surely children with SEND should be central to educational policy. But it is now quite clear that they are not, writes one heads’ leader

Our schools are not perfect and never will be, argues this teachers’ leader. But overall they are pretty damn good and we should be immensely proud of them

The government have fired the starting pistol but if we sit back and wait for change to come, we could be left sorely disappointed and frustrated, writes one heads’ leader