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Don’t teach social and emotional skills because they help with exams or because the government tells you to, says one teacher. Teach them because it’s the right thing to do

Success relies on everyone in a school agreeing on a sensible approach to marking, and building a culture of self and peer challenge to stick to it. Here’s how:

The Sats are set up in such a way that, statistically, every child can reach the expected standard, and striving for that to be a practical reality should be our aim, says primary teacher Jon Brunskill

The teaching method favoured in China is about to be rolled out to 8,000 English primaries. But fear not, teacher Jon Brunskill is optimistic that it could transform the way schools teach students

A primary teacher explains that the reason national tests at primary are so stressful is because schools only have two sets of externally moderated ‘proper’ scores to call upon. His solution is to increase the number of tests.

A primary teacher explains why overly prescribed feedback is stifling young writers