Matthew Hood Articles

In almost all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries kids educated in the capital do worse than those educated outside of it. London bucks that trend. A number of studies are underway, each trying to discover the recipe for the magic sauce...

The secretary of state has published her new draft education bill. As Tristram Hunt pulls together the team of MPs who will be working on it, it is essential that we provide a smart opposition to this slim yet crafty document. Before we get into the blows we should be...

As I sit here, trawling through our curriculum to check if we are ticking all of the ‘British values’ boxes, it has never been clearer to me that Ofsted needs reform. Teachers, school leaders and Tristram Hunt all agree, but saying things need reform and actually...

Reform Time this week comes with a health warning. We are getting statistical and this week’s column is the nasty cough mixture – awful in the taking but ultimately good for you. Here is the bombshell. Under plans set out by examinations regular Ofqual and using...