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Magnus Bashaarat
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How to avoid an exams fiasco? Trust teachers
Headteacher Magnus Bashaarat has spurned GCSEs for alternatives that are largely teacher-assessed. If the government were to follow his lead, he says, we could still prevent a grading disaster next year
22 August 2020
Why it’s time to abolish GCSEs
Even the politician who invented GCSEs thinks their time has come – it should be obvious, says Magnus Bashaarat
17 December 2019
The schools minister’s defence of the new GCSEs? Fail
GCSEs in their current form are indefensible. They are dull, narrow and stifle creative teaching, argues this head
4 June 2019
‘Let’s replace GCSEs and A levels with a diploma’
GCSEs do not prepare students for work and further study, writes Magnus Bashaarat
17 March 2019