Last night I attended a webinar with Mary Myatt and Catherine Priggs on The Ambitious Years which gave me another opportunity to reflect on just how important KS3 really is. Mary’s description of KS3 as the “intellectual powerhouse of secondary education” is a powerful one. It has stuck with me since I first read her book "KS3 - The Ambitious Years" from cover to cover in a couple of days back in June. As Mary highlights years 7-9 should be far more than a waiting room befor