The reintroduction of grammar schools means that once again schools and headteachers will be required to make sense of contradictory national policies.
- Professor of Education, Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University
Some in the Church of England want to relax the rules on which pupils can go to its schools.
The admissions procedure of the school chosen by the Camerons and Goves for their daughters has come under fire.
Schools are complying with the letter of the law when it comes to admissions. But is the system working?
All schools in England have a considerable and increasing degree of autonomy over their budgets. Academies have more autonomy than those state schools still under local authority control over how they…
What should we make of the announcement that the academy chain E-ACT is being stripped of ten of its 34 schools because of under-performance? It is unwise to jump to conclusions when details are still…
Banding is an attempt to mitigate some dangers arising from the way children are allocated to secondary schools. The characteristics of the children attending a school matter a great deal to all concerned…
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