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Warwick Mansell
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‘Have we reached peak bad education policy?’
Could the new political balance in Parliament signal an injection of common sense into education legislation? Education journalist Warwick Mansell explores...
18 July 2017
Sprinklers in schools: Has the expectation been downgraded?
There seems to be a conflict between making it easier to set up new schools and insisting on the highest standards of safety, writes a veteran investigative journalist
19 June 2017
Election countdown: ‘Successive governments’ commitment to high-stakes testing has driven the mental health crisis - but no party will admit it’
Thankfully, most politicians want to address the mental health crisis in children – but very few want to address one of its root-causes, writes one education journalist
6 June 2017
The number of ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ schools has certainly jumped. But can the government really claim credit?
It’s probably true that the number of pupils in ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ schools has rocketed, but there’s no evidence that government policy is responsible. Quite the opposite, argues one veteran education journalist
16 May 2017
‘Everywhere you look, politicians aren’t taking responsibility for their mistakes on schools policy’
As we approach the general election, at risk are the last vestiges of democratic accountability for public services
2 May 2017
‘Ofsted cannot disentangle the contribution of a school from the background of its pupils, so it’s dangerous to draw conclusions from its reports’
Some of the statistically-driven stories we read about in education seem to come dangerously close to tautology, argues one education journalist
19 April 2017