Adam Lee-Potter

Journalist, interviewer and media lecturer

I quibble with Gove over his quintessentially Conservative fondness for reinvention. In truth, I see no reason why GCSEs should be replaced by O-levels. Why not just make GCSEs tougher? A name means nothing.

Raconteur Media

Premium publisher of special-interest content to some of the world's leading media brands

Multi-millionaire entrepreneur Peter Jones tells Liz Lightfoot how he wants to boost business with new-style apprenticeships.

Rod Bristow

President, Pearson UK

The debate about standards in the UK examination system turns heads because the importance of education is more vivid now than it has ever been. If we're not getting it right, that's a big problem - nationally and for individuals.

Sandy Dhaliwal

Journalist, Club Promoter, DJ, Vinyl Collector and Sci Fi Nerd

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall recently visited my old secondary school Uxbridge High. It was to mark the 10 year anniversary of the charity Teach First, which the Prince is patron of.

Liam McLaughlin

Writer, blogger, reader

It was recently found that more 18-year-olds in the UK have a Facebook account than are registered to vote. Indeed, according to Experian, more than a million 18-year-olds are signed up to Facebook compared to only 520 000 on the electoral role.

Sachin Patel

Programme Director at Debate Mate and LSE graduate; also scribbles about music

It is right that schools are competitive environments because a school is a microcosm of real society. A debating tournament is not won by the fastest or the strongest or the man who grafts.

Alan Kennedy

Director of Operations, Prince's Trust

The Youth Index, an annual report by The Prince's Trust, provides an insight into how young people feel about their lives across a range of areas from family life to physical health. This year's findings show a significantly lower index number for young people who claim to have lacked structure and direction while growing up than for their peers.

Chris Skidmore

Conservative MP for Kingswood

We cannot opt-out of History: the past a compulsory part of our shared knowledge and culture, forming our national identity. To continue down the road of its slow eradication in schools is to risk losing this common identity for future generations.

Lutfur Rahman

Mayor of Tower Hamlets Council

One of the most short sighted policies that the Conservative led government has pushed through has been the abolition of the Education Maintenance Grant.

Tony Baldry

Member of Parliament for North Oxfordshire

The English baccalaureate is having positive effects on many subjects chosen at GCSE and A-Level but increasingly so it seems, having devastating effe...