Inclusion

State-funded schools ‘should be incentivised to develop essential life skills’, recommends the Sutton Trust.

Given the loathing felt by...

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The National Audit Office has criticised the support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in...

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The Great Yarmouth Charter Academy, which won notoriety when it opened in September 2017 for saying sick pupils should vomit in...

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What should schools concentrate on? Building confidence? Encouraging ‘grit’ and resilience? Developing ‘character’? Focusing on...

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‘… comprehensive schools, catering as they do for a broad range of abilities, teach at a level which enables pupils with the...

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Ofsted’s Annual Report ‘highlighted a catalogue of failures’ around provision for pupils with special education need and disabilities (...

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This update of my article of 25 April 2016 has been prompted by the recent case of the children of a Syrian family being bullied and the...

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I 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...

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The present system in England harms all pupils

There’s something in the air – and it’s not just too-early Christmas music...

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...and fewer pupils eligible for free school meals

The top ten mainstream state-funded schools in England based on...

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‘Unreasonable to remove places which are forecast to be needed’

In a ruling which is likely to affect any academy wishing...

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‘Rotten franchise’ instructs staff not to help disabled if it risks delays.

Govia Thameslink Railways (GTR), the...

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This year marks a signifi cant anniversary in the history of education policy in this country.

Thirty years ago this summer the Great...

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She stole the show at the Oscars – little Maisy Sly, profoundly deaf, who played Libby in the film The Silent Child .

The film won the...

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I have the consent of 'Disappointed Idealist' to write an article on my website based on his latest post on leaving the teaching profession....

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Rumblings of discontent about education policy in England are developing into a roar. And it’s not from the usual suspects known collectively as ‘...

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This is a summary version of the full article which you can read here

Although this could be one my most important articles in relation...

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It is necessary to first read this article . What follows is an explanation of the top five most effective teaching interventions according to the...

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