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Andrew Carter
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Why MATs should bridge the primary-secondary divide
Schools keen to join a multi-academy trust should look at those that share their values rather than simply clubbing together with other schools of the same phase
General
3 October 2023
Why primary/secondary MAT divides ignore the bigger picture
Like the NHS, let’s decide what’s free and what’s paid for
A national debate is overdue about what a state school can sustainably offer for free at the point of delivery
13 April 2018
‘If schools get behind the new teaching apprenticeship, we can resolve the teacher supply crisis’
Each community has people within it who would like to be teachers – schools just need to find them and train them, writes one head and government adviser
19 October 2017
You shouldn’t have to be a superhero to teach
Yes, it’s a hard job but should it be superhuman?
5 June 2016
‘You shouldn’t have to be a superhero to teach’
Must we accept that life within schools is busy, busy, busy and get on with it, or is there something that we can do to change the status quo, asks one celebrated head
9 January 2016
Teacher training must evolve
4 January 2013