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Andrew Motion’s new poem about his favourite teacher (pictured) acts as a reminder that education is about so much more than marking, workload, exams and Ofsted, writes a leading educationist

A former general secretary of the ASCL heads’ union calls for further professional unity in the education sector

Teaching assistants can be effective, but only when schools use them in a planned way. Quality, not quantity, is the key to success, says the formal general secretary of a heads’ union

The new White Paper is filled with illogicalities, contradictions and implausibilities, according to the former general secretary of a heads’ union

The long history of the campaign to win more parity between funding for schools is littered with politicians wary of the winners and losers in any reform, writes a former heads’ union leader

All teachers should encourage almost all young people to volunteer, writes a leading educationist. It offers so much more than a bonus on their Ucas application