John Coe offers his commentary on a challenging paper from the One Nation group of Conservative MPs – a contribution to the developing debate about future changes in education policy.

Richard Gerver, renowned educationist, tells us we need to depoliticise education, getting rid of the divisions that exist, in order to make the sort of progress we have seen in Finland

Pip Marples on the opportunity to create a set of professional standards for teachers and on making the teaching profession professional.

Sir Tim Brighouse, one of the most exciting thinkers about education in this country, gives us his revolutionary idea of creating open schools, using a totally new approach, in the way that the Open University changed the landscape in that sector.

Sir Tim Brighouse looks at the English schooling system and suggests it is time to move into an age of hope and ambition.

Looking back at the English schooling system: Sir Tim Brighouse outlines what has changed, what remains the same but above all what needs urgent attention now.

Mary, 16 year old student, tells us about the way schools could be better for all students.

Richard Arrowsmith sets out the possibilities for improving our schools.

looks back at the English schooling system: what has changed, what remained the same but above all what needs urgent attention now.

Tina Farr tells us that schools are failing our children by not allowing them to grow as individuals.

David Cameron gives us his take on what schools should be equipping our children with when they leave school.

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The education of young children in their primary schools has been hit hard in recent years. Politicians are attracted to testing because the results can be quantified. But the accuracy implied by a number is false: research has shown that scores are not consistent and are seriously affected by personal circumstances.

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The education system has exploded and with so many of the old certainties in tatters it is vital that we learn the lessons and begin to think about a better future.

Highlighting the need for all children to have the learning opportunities they deserve for the 21st century and encourage the move from passive to active learning, with more attention being given to the individual

It is time for those who understand education to come together and establish a different way of thinking which helps governments to better reflect the needs of children within our communities, and thus benefit society itself.

The 2020 exam chaos highlights the need for Fundamental reform of the exam system.

“Creativity is not only an outcome of a good education, but a means of achieving a good education” M. Barber, NACCCE Report, 2001