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In fully preparing children for life, a local element in the curriculum is as important as the national and international components, writes a leading educationist

Heads must take ownership of accountability to ensure it supports rather than diverts the aims of the school, writes a leading educationist

Enormous improvements have been made and heads deserve to be reminded of this

Schools and their staff must work to build young people’s self-belief – that is the best way to beat the ignorance that the likes of Donald Trump represent

If policy were based on Statements of the Bleedin’ Obvious, every child and every school might be given a fair chance of success, writes one leading educationist

The government wants to give support to poorer children who just miss out on the pupil premium. Rather than tinkering with the funding system, it should encourage school leaders to use the pupil premium creatively in order to bring its benefits to other children in need, says one leading educationist