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Richard Garner
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‘Despite all the hot air about harder exams, my bet is that employers won’t make the distinction’
With the exam systems of the four home nations all diverging, most employers won’t even try to interpret the difference, argues one education journalist
26 August 2017
‘It is time we stopped mollycoddling our pupils’
Amanda Spielman is right, writes one celebrated journalist – parents should not be confining their children to a risk-free environment
13 August 2017
‘While the 1 per cent cap remains in place, schools will not be able to recruit enough trained staff’
Justine Greening may have announced an extra £1.3 billion for schools, but we have not heard the last of the protests over school funding, writes one celebrated educational journalist
27 July 2017
‘The real story from this year’s Sats results isn’t about so-called failures, but huge successes’
Unfortunately, all too often, the headlines around Sats are about the percentage of pupils who didn’t reach the expected standard, writes one celebrated journalist
15 July 2017
‘The government mantra about record levels of funding is as credible as the phrase “strong and stable”’
Now that plans to increase grammar schools and scrap free school meals have been ditched, Justine Greening needs to focus on funding and the falling popularity of languages, writes one celebrated journalist
2 July 2017
‘Education will benefit from Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill’s demise’
Theresa May’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern stepped down last week – and plans to increase selection and scrap free school lunches look likely to follow them out of the door, writes celebrated journalist Richard Garner
17 June 2017