Schools leader warns 'big risk' of closures as half of teachers could be off by Tuesday
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Geoff Barton School closures Staff absence Teacher shortage Coronavirus COVID-19
  • Jan 2, 2022
Finally: recognition that teachers handled Covid well
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Geoff Barton COVID-19
  • May 21, 2021
Why this dereliction of duty stretches beyond the DfE
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Geoff Barton ASCL Gavin Williamson DfE
  • Jan 8, 2021
Teachers take legal action as chaos grips England's schools plan
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DfE Gavin Williamson Coronavirus COVID-19 School safety School reopening Legal action ASCL Geoff Barton NEU NAHT Unions
  • Jan 2, 2021
School staff 'broken' by England's late Covid test plan
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Covid testing NGA ASCL Geoff Barton
  • Dec 19, 2020
Boris Johnson told not to 'lecture' school leaders over 'moral duty' during COVID pandemic
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Boris Johnson Geoff Barton ASCL Coronavirus COVID-19
  • Aug 9, 2020
Some assessment could be moved to earlier in 2021, suggests heads' union
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ASCL Geoff Barton Assessments
  • Jun 27, 2020
Coronavirus: Suspend Ofsted inspections now, says Barton
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Geoff Barton ASCL Ofsted inspections
  • Mar 14, 2020
Do what’s best for pupils, even if government doesn’t like it, Barton tells heads
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Geoff Barton Headteachers Pupil support
  • Mar 12, 2020
Dozens of sixth forms shut amid budget cuts
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Sixth forms School cuts Geoff Barton ASCL
  • May 18, 2019
WATCH: Geoff Barton on why schools need £5.7bn more
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ASCL Geoff Barton Special needs
  • Mar 16, 2019
League tables 'stigmatise schools and demoralise communities'
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ASCL Geoff Barton League tables
  • Mar 16, 2019
Performance tables penalise schools with most vulnerable pupils, warns union boss
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Performance tables Geoff Barton ASCL
  • Mar 16, 2019
GCSEs 'rub pupils' noses in disappointment', says heads' chief
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GCSEs Exams ASCL Geoff Barton
  • Mar 16, 2019
'We are rubbing pupils’ noses in disappointment' - union boss
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GCSEs Exams ASCL Geoff Barton
  • Mar 16, 2019
I bet Lord Agnew a bottle of Liebfraumilch that I can find savings in the DfE
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Lord Agnew Savings Geoff Barton
  • Nov 22, 2018
Geoff Barton: More and more schools are battling grinding pupil poverty
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Disadvantaged pupils Poverty Progress 8 Accountability Geoff Barton ASCL
  • Nov 15, 2018
Society needs to decide the kind of education service it is prepared to pay for
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Education Select Committee Geoff Barton
  • Nov 9, 2018
Geoff Barton: Five quick fixes to help teacher retention
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NFER Teacher recruitment Teacher retention ASCL Geoff Barton
  • Nov 2, 2018
Six tests Monday's Budget must meet for schools, teachers and students
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Budget Philip Hammond Geoff Barton
  • Oct 26, 2018
As we arrive at half-term, 5 reasons to be cheerful
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  • Oct 19, 2018
ASCL launches inquiry into GCSE results as 57% fail to get ‘strong’ pass
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ASCL GCSE Geoff Barton
  • Oct 16, 2018
Geoff Barton: 'Why are we so obsessed with Ofsted?'
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Geoff Barton Ofsted
  • Sep 13, 2018
Geoff Barton: There's a difference between off-rolling and exclusions
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Geoff Barton Off-rolling Pupil exclusions
  • Sep 9, 2018
Geoff Barton: "let's put Ofsted back in its box and stop teachers quitting'
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Geoff Barton Teacher shortage ASCL
  • Sep 3, 2018
Geoff Barton: What exactly was the point of exam reforms?
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ASCL Geoff Barton Exam reforms A-levels Exam results
  • Aug 16, 2018
ASCL comment on Toby Young report
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Toby Young Report UCTs Geoff Barton
  • Aug 15, 2018
'Reasons to be cheerful about education'
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Geoff Barton
  • Jul 13, 2018
New school rankings ‘fail white working-class pupils’
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League tables Secondary schools ASCL Geoff Barton ESOL
  • May 26, 2018
Geoff Barton: 'Teachers, it's time for us to reclaim education'
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Geoff Barton Politics
  • May 24, 2018
ASCL comment on expanding selective schools
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Grammar schools Geoff Barton
  • May 11, 2018
This much I know about ...why Geoff Barton should be ASCL's new General Secretary
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John Tomsett Geoff Barton ASCL
  • Jan 2, 2017