John Bald: The Government should stop wasting teachers’ time

Pointless paperwork, excessively detailed planning, and over-marking need to be addressed by Justine Greening.

John Bald: Michaela offers great lessons – for the rest of us as well as its pupils

The Ofsted report is a vindication for the approach of Katharine Birbalsingh.

John Bald: Building an education service that works for everyone

There are too many examination papers – cutting the number would save money and stress.

John Bald: The Supreme Court judgement shows that our school attendance system ‘requires improvement’

Inspectors need more discretion to allow for special circumstances, and parents an avenue to appeal decisions by head teachers.

Restoring order to the classroom

A new report looks at the extent of the challenge – and those schools that have managed to meet it.

John Bald: British pupils can learn Mandarin if they are taught in the right way

And their doing so can help end the relative underperformance of northern schools.

James Croft: Is May’s Government junking consumer choice in education?

We are increasingly seeing evidence of re-nationalisation coming back.

Ryan Bourne: The Tories are getting it wrong on childcare

OECD analysis indicates that the cost of childcare as a percentage of income for a two-earner family is now the highest in the developed world.

Andy Cook: The industrial strategy must help the bottom 20 per cent improve their life chances

Too many people have seen little wage growth in over two decades, and remain in insecure jobs with no prospect of in-work progression.

Daniel Downes: We must reform the way we measure successful schools

A narrow, national criteria for success punishes the very diversity and autonomy the Government aims to foster in our education system.

John Bald: The comedy of school inspections

Some Gervase Phinn’s jokes were a little risqué, but not too much, a little like the PM at question time.

John Bald: Ofsted still isn’t working

Labour’s botched 2006 Act should be repealed.

Daniel Downes: Let schools embrace selection, business partnerships and modern technology

We need to plant the seed of curiosity as soon as humanly possible.

John Bald: How Ken Clarke battled the Blob as Education Secretary

He was quick to detect rubbish and obfuscation – both of which he rightly identified as the stock in trade of his civil servants.

John Bald: An education system that works for everyone means scrapping mixed ability teaching

Those who suffer most from mixed ability teaching are, however, at the bottom of the heap rather than the top.