Exam Nation: Why Our Obsession with Grades Fails Everyone - and a Better Way to Think About School

Exams, grades, league tables, Ofsted reports. All of them miss the point of school and together they are undermining our whole approach to education.

'An essential read – as entertaining as it is insightful – for anyone who cares about the way we treat young people' Observer

What is school for? Drawing on his twenty years as a teacher, hundreds of interviews and his experience on the UK Government's Social Mobility Commission, head teacher Sammy Wright exposes the fundamental misconception ...