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The political story this week has dominated once more but we can’t let it drown out the reality of the huge challenges facing schools, says Jon Severs

Too much gets in the way for teachers to enjoy the job, and that’s impacting recruitment and retention, says Jon Severs

If we really want to help schools improve, we need to raise our gaze from ‘stuck’ schools to the system that creates them, argues Jon Severs

Following the tragic events in Texas and two new reports looking at safeguarding, we need to ask ourselves whether we have gone far enough to help schools help students to stay safe, says Jon Severs

Debates about the fairness of exams are important but we should be cautious about how we frame discussions at this time of year, says Jon Severs

There are calls, once again, for schools to do more to ‘prepare pupils for work’ but those skills should be honed more outside of schools, says Jon Severs