Turner Free School , one of four schools run by Turner Schools, has ‘exceptional scholars’, an ‘amazing PFTA’, ‘amazing faculty...
Read moreThe National Audit Office has criticised the support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in...
Read moreOasis Academy Isle of Sheppey has again been judged to require improvement by Ofsted. Its provision for 16-19 year-olds was good...
Read moreThe Great Yarmouth Charter Academy, which won notoriety when it opened in September 2017 for saying sick pupils should vomit in...
Read moreI have just watched Emily Thornbury on the Andrew Marr show (11 Nov 2018) being asked about the view of the London Mayor that, “the problem would...
Read moreThe Guardian of 2 September 2018 carried this story from which I quote as follows (in italics).
Parents have criticised the use of...
Read moreRise in number of disappearing KS4 pupils
Off-rolling, whereby secondary schools exclude pupils likely to lower an...
Read moreAlleged ‘grade inflation’ hasn't ended
Remember when Michael Gove used to bang on about grade inflation? His reformed...
Read moreZero-tolerance risks exclusions for minor incidents
It’s reasonable for schools to have ‘zero-tolerance’ policies towards...
Read moreGovernors of St Olave’s grammar school were ‘mortified’ they had ‘probably’ broken the law when they asked A-level pupils with low Year 12 exam...
Read moreSt Olave’s and St Saviour’s Grammar School, a Voluntary Aided selective school in Orpington, has refused to allow about 16 of its Y12 pupils to...
Read moreThis article is an extract from a forthcoming book, The Long Game: The Lessons We Can Learn From Long-Serving Teachers, which will be published...
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