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Fidelity has been the buzzword of the past year, but strict prescription of teaching can have downsides alongside the positives, argues Jon Hutchinson. So, he asks, how much autonomy should teachers have?

Progress 8 has pushed schools towards the same GCSE-focused model, says Jon Hutchinson as he argues we must applaud those few schools being honest about the costs of doing something different

In the rush to make teaching as effective as possible, school leaders are rooting out any practice that is proven to be poorly evidenced. But are we in danger of driving out staff who teach well most of the time in order to weed out the odd misstep? Jon Hutchinson thinks so, and proposes a ‘tolerant’ solution...

After the closure of schools, subject leaders are under pressure to deliver a department-wide strategy to allow students to catch up. Assistant head Jon Hutchinson shoots from the hip with seven lessons from research that can help teachers to make up for lost time