The Secretary of State for Education is launching a war on mobile phones in schools. Meanwhile, The National Education Union has passed a motion calling for a moratorium on all exclusions. We desperately need a serious debate around mental health, student behaviour and school reopening as the summer term begins…

I wouldn’t ask a teacher how work has been this Christmas. They probably can’t tell you if they wanted to; they probably don’t even know themselves. How has work been? It becomes more existential as a question the more you look at it. …

I wonder if you remember your A Level results day. Or rather, I wonder if you could forget it? The anticipation building for weeks- perhaps you’ve been on holiday, perhaps you’ve planned to go away after, maybe you’ve made preparations to move out to university. …

Schools have quickly become a focus for Black Lives Matters campaigns and there has been an early focus on curriculum reform. Whilst this is critical, many schools already go beyond the national curriculum and actually it is relatively easy to do so. Also, if something is easy to win, it…

In the wake of JK Rowling taking up our cause I wanted to share a rough list of things I worry about as a lesbian: Being misgendered Being told to wear a dress or feminine clothing and being shamed for not Being told to get back in the closet, in…