Don’t write off academic slow-starters
As an 18-year-old with hormones raging, Andy Sowter didn’t get great A-levels. But he’s certainly made up for it since
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The importance of poetry and reading between the lines
Mary Gameson wants to see poetry on our front pages, while Joan Lewis looks into Sats results and reading ability
Read moreOfsted condemns ‘disjointed’ special educational needs provision
Thousands missing out on vital support, report says, with pupils being removed illegally
Read more1,000 state schools have no applicants to elite career schemes
State-educated applicants to graduate schemes at top firms come from elite pool – report
Read moreEducation experts call for a ‘take your son into university day’
Idea part of plan that aims to address growing attainment gap in England
Read moreWith or without Trump, we must back UN’s education drive
It would be unwise to assume Trump’s US regime will back idea but other rich countries should
Read moreSecret Teacher: I fear for the wellbeing of students under pressure to perform
My school is working young people into the ground, and failing to give them the support they need to deal with mental health issues
Read moreCreative industries fear tuition fees will kill supply of talent
Costs put off students who fear being indebted, but there is a wider loss is to the economy
Read moreChildren need trained teachers, not careerists
Professor Marilyn Leask expresses her serious doubts about the value of Teach First, Melian Mansfield says education policy should be based on research, and John Freeman says there’s a simple way to stop schools improperly excluding pupils
Read moreSecret Teacher: funding cuts leave us unable to help SEN children at school
The sheer number of different needs in my class is staggering, but there is no budget to pay for the support my students – and I – so desperately require
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