Tough new "world class" school performance targets achievable with right investment, say heads

Russell Hobby, general secretary of the NAHT heads' union, said today that there was "no reason" to believe that in the long term schools could not reach the ambitious new standards called for today by the think tank Centre Forum.

The organisation, which is chaired by former schools minister David Laws, has today published a report urging the government to bring in tough new targets for schools' GCSE and key stage 2 results, in a bid to raise England's education system to a "world class standard".

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05/03/20World Book Day: Percy the Park Keeper author Nick Butterworth talks about his struggles with reading

A top children's author has shared his own struggles with learning to read in an exclusive letter to children in Kent to mark World Book Day.

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