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Just a few weeks into term, schools across the country are starting to see cracks appear. Students who arrived positive are disengaging. Pupils who were keen are showing signs of struggling. It’s the same every year, and it comes down to one key factor: one in four Year 7 pupils can’t read well enough to access the curriculum. Too many familiar initiatives show why morphology is essential. Tutor reading schemes launch with noble intent, but the weakest readers sit in silence. Catch-up phonics...

How the new 100 hours can drive sharper teaching, not extend what failed before. Every August the same picture appears: large post-16...

I once heard a police officer say, “One more kid you keep in school is one less kid I’ll have in jail.”  It stuck with me, not because...