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‘We must remember to take time to stop and stare, to notice the beauty and privilege of our job’
My new school year resolution is to take more time to savour the many pleasures that keep me coming to work each day and to make sure that my colleagues are able to do so as well
18 July 2017
‘The education community is saying enough is enough when it comes to Sats’
After the social media storm on Sats over the weekend, it’s clear that it’s time to organise and put together a positive voice for change, writes one headteacher
10 July 2017
‘The primary assessment system is an endless anxiety merry-go-round, driven by an engine of mistrust’
By participating in the primary assessment consultation, we’re taking a step to act as the defenders of our children’s educational experience and their mental health, writes one of the winners of the TES School Awards
2 July 2017
Sats Week: ‘My teacher seems to believe that learning the difference between a subordinating conjunction and a preposition is vital to my future success’
One headteacher imagines what a child’s story of their experiences of Sats might look like: “I am going to start secondary school with the label ‘not good enough’”
3 May 2017
‘The resilience, energy and optimism of some of my pupils at Christmas humbles me; I don’t know if I could cope walking a day in their shoes’
Although a daily reality of life in our community, Christmas time amplifies the desperate predicaments of many of my pupils, says one leading headteacher
18 December 2016
‘If education ministers are really acknowledging major problems with primary assessment, 2017‘s Sats have to be suspended’
If the DfE is truly acknowledging our concerns, why are this year’s children taking the same tests that have produced invalid data and initiated a national consultation, asks one primary head
26 October 2016
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