Authors

Forget the moon landing. Stephen Petty’s summer holiday has a more meteoric rise and fall

Haven’t most schools been on holiday since early July or just showing back-to-back videos? Stephen Petty heaves a sigh

The Ofsted inspector is having a much-publicised makeover: out with the pallid data gatherer, and in with the deep diver. Stephen Petty is still swiping left

Old teachers have had an exceptionally positive press. But, says Stephen Petty, older does not necessarily mean wiser

He’s been drawn into rows over selection, testing, truanting, detentions, exclusions and phonics. Give the boy a break

... imagine putting on a birth video in class, only to realise that the woman was your own mother, writes Stephen Petty