Writing

Since I started teaching (1985) I have written on aspects of English teaching for the Times Education Supplement.

I now write on a broader range of issues, including school leadership, educational policy and behaviour management. An incomplete archive of articles, including my monthly TES column, can be found here

I've written academic pieces for journals like English in Education and The Use of English.

Increasingly I write for other publications too on various topics. Back in 1995 I won the arts critic category of the Independent on Sunday's "New Writers" contest with a cheap swipe at Delia Smith which won me a fax machine. St Delia: I ask your forgiveness. I wrote a piece about radio djs for The Independent, and I have also written about whole-school literacy for the The Guardian.

You can see all of these in the Features section.

The Barton Writing Archive ...

To see articles from the TES, including my monthly comment column, see here

To see a range of my articles on English, literacy and grammar, see here

To see more general 'features' writing, see here

To see some of the reviews I have written, again mostly for the TES, see here

To see samples of the range of articles I have written, see here

Pieces for Managing Schools Today and the Teachit website are starting to be included on the Features page.

Barton on grammar ...

For three years Professor Dick Hudson and I wrote a weekly "Writer's Toolkit". Here's a selection. For the most up-to-date collection of these articles (grouped by publication date), see his website

Writer's Toolkit articles (with Dick Hudson):

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