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When I first saw it I couldn’t believe it. The Guinness World Record for the World’s largest K’NEX structure is held by a life-size…

It’s right that schools should be expected to produce the very best examination results for their students. But to do well in exams,…

Research over the last decade has repeatedly shown that the more engaged parents are in their child’s education, the more likely a child…

Towards the top of a long list of things that lead to frustration for teachers must be sitting up all night grading work and then carefully…

“But which is the best education system?” I often get asked this question, because I’ve spent the last two years visiting six of the…

I didn’t enjoy school. I went to St Benedict’s in Ealing, London, and between the ages of 11-13 I was in the middle school, which was…

I hate speaking on the phone. I loathe it with a singular passion and look to avoid it when I can. Why do I experience such a visceral…

This September, Westlands School in Torquay became The Spires College. I felt we needed a very clear signal to the outside world of just how…

The start of the new term has been marked with much speculation about banning mobile phones and iPads from the classroom. Following concerns…

I recently had a thought- provoking conversation with a teacher friend trying to work out how the current shortage in the profession might…

Q I work in a medium-sized academy in a rural location. The student voice is taken seriously in the school – and recently, our curriculum…

You’ve seen Shift Happens, right? Several years back this ‘inspirational’ video was on heavy rotation in school INSETs up and down the…

It’s time for the latest incarnation of the ‘Educating’ series and this time it’s Cardiff gracing our screens. Unlike when our…