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Teaching to the test makes no room for student creativity and original thinking. If we change anything post-Covid, it should be our over-reliance on a regime which leaves young people feeling that, beyond achieving a certain grade, what they learn at school is pointless, argues Melvyn Roffe

For the author of this book, children embody a spirit of adventure. Denying this side of ourselves as adults is our loss

The transition of pupils from primary to secondary school is a relic from the early days of organised education – we should put an end to seeing the ‘hard stop’ as a problem to be solved and instead design it out of the system altogether, writes Melvyn Roffe

Exams are like tripwires in the path of young people every year – it’s just been more obvious in 2020, says Melvyn Roffe

Are schools just another public service, powerless to the sway of government, or are they the key to empowering local communities? Melvyn Roffe searches for the answer in a small town in Denmark – and learns an important lesson from 16th-century Scottish history

At a time when education is at risk of becoming dangerously solipsistic, it’s vital that we open our eyes to other cultures by giving every young person the opportunity to travel overseas, writes Melvyn Roffe