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The NUT’s threat to ‘break primary assessment’ shows that the union wants to use children as pawns in its politics, writes one CEO of a multi-academy trust

Given the accountability hoops that multi-academy trust bosses must jump through and the huge responsibility of the job, the ‘high’ salaries represent money well spent

The departure of yet another regional schools commissioner should serve as a wake-up call: Sir David Carter needs to hand-pick the very best and offer a handsome salary

If big players in the schools system were honest enough to make the right new year’s resolutions, we could work together to make education great again

It is the constant flip-flopping with education policy that drives us all crazy – why can’t those in charge of education think through their plans in advance?

The national schools commissioner should launch an amnesty to allow school leaders to declare any conflicts of interest – after which there should be a zero-tolerance approach