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John Blake

@johndavidblake

John Blake is a comprehensive school teacher in London and co-editor of Labour Teachers. He blogs at johndavidblake.org. Picture attached.

All those concerned with school-leaving qualifications, and students in particular, are owed an explanation as to why this new system has come about

Despite the uproar, changes to GCSEs were the right thing to do

Unity Academy was one of the first three academies to be set up under Labour’s programme a decade ago

How a Labour government could help our schools

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Lee Trundle: Swans reach dizzy heights