The government has abandoned its plans to replace GCSEs with the EBC, and will focus instead on ‘strengthening and increasing the rigour’ of GCSEs.We asked our discussion group what they think of the new proposals

Change within schools is not only imposed from above. Every day, teachers are innovating and enacting positive change in their classrooms, explains Gary Smith – and it’s crucial for the status of the profession that they take control of their own working practice

In response to Michael Gove’s decision to press ahead with performance-related pay (PRP), NUT general secretary Christine Blower commented that ‘there is no evidence that linking pay to performance increases results’. We asked our discussion group whether they think performance-related pay will have an effect on teachers’ practice

Suzanne O'Connell looks at new draft guidance on prosecution, orders, and contracts relating to school attendance and gets a professional view of what parenting orders could mean in practice