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The early years are the most critical phase in a child’s life, and regular interaction with a range of role models - both men and women – is urgently needed, writes one teachers’ leader

They work late into the night for free, undervalued and unloved. Governors are more important in our atomised education system than ever before, writes one teacher leader

Teachers have grown used to ignoring the latest whizz-bang government policies – but they would appreciate some help with the everyday problems, writes James Bowen

It’s apparent that the government does not know the long-term solution for primary writing assessment – so let’s present our own ideas, says teachers’ leader James Bowen

Perhaps, then, Damian Hinds can tell us why so many ‘coasting’ schools are judged to be ‘good’ by Ofsted

The advantages are many: it would be a real dose of reality, close the gap between the governors and the governed and demonstrate how much work teachers really do. Besides, most schools could really do with the help right now