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One benefit of teaching in lockdown has been smaller classes – imagine if we made that permanent, says Kate Townshend

There are some fundamental life truths that Kate Townshend has been taught by her pint-sized mentors. Now she just needs to put them into practice...

Can you switch off your teacher identity? However hedonistic she might be, Kate Townshend says she is always a teacher

It doesn’t matter what classroom disasters took place last term. September is a fresh start, says Kate Townshend

The crisis in workload isn’t just being driven by planning and marking. Teachers are now expected to ‘evidence’ everything they do. It’s gone way, way too far, argues Kate Townshend

Schools try not to exclude – and when they do it’s a decision made for the benefit of other pupils, says Kate Townshend