John Dunford
John Dunford
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The role of heads and principals has changed enormously in the last decade, and it will continue to evolve as schools and colleges receive more autonomy, extended schools come into being and collaboration becomes more necessary,
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I think if the ruling had gone the other way, then it would have been a precedent, which would have created many difficulties for schools that wanted to have a school uniform. As it is, I think, what's happened is that it's really preserved the status quo -- that if a pupil is not wearing the proper school uniform, then it is perfectly right for the school to take disciplinary action.
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They are having to spend far too much time on form-filling, bidding for different pots of money, responding to centrally-driven target-setting regimes instead of being given enough freedom and flexibility to be able to move their own school in the direction it needs to go.
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The proposed trust schools offer no obvious advantages and they will be ignored by the vast majority of heads.
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The proposal to close failing schools after a year is unrealistic, inappropriate and unhelpful.
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There must be a strong suspicion that this is a ruse to increase the number of schools that can be turned into academies, so that the Prime Minister's target of 200 academies can be met.
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This is very far from the Prime Minister's vision of schools being more independent from local authorities.
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A school's reputation can easily be lost through bad behavior on the buses. There is always a degree of uncertainty about the extent of power outside school and this will clarify that right.
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If the judgement had gone the other way, it would have serious consequences for schools and communities that want their children to wear a uniform.
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The new head comes in with a picture of a healthy, happy school and may therefore be unprepared for the problems that surface when they arrive.
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In the education White Paper, the government is proposing that local authorities consider, as an immediate option, sacking heads of schools that receive a poor inspection report.
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The freedoms being offered in the white paper are largely an illusion. What schools need is more freedom from government interference and incessant education reform.
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Dyslexia may or may not be the correct name for the problem but there are undoubtedly many thousands of children and adults whose education has suffered as a result of their difficulty with word recognition.
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Pupils will continue to eat unhealthy packed lunches and visit the local chip shop,