A parent who raised concerns about her daughter's education at a Devon-based pupil referral unit (PRU) was ‘fobbed off’, a BBC...
Read more‘ …we are investing more now—record sums—in education. ’
Boris Johnson, 8 January 2020, House of...
Read more‘ We cannot let Michael Gove’s sterling work be wasted. The former Education Secretary was passionate in his desire to improve...
Read moreIt’s usually a three-year ritual. The day PISA results are published is the day the UK media is dominated by hand-wringing about...
Read moreEngland’s maths score in the triennial PISA tests has risen by more than ten percentage points since 2015 making it the highest...
Read moreYoung people educated in a private secondary school were 12 percentage points more likely than their state-educated peers to...
Read moreRichard Tice is the CEO of Quidnet Capital LLP, an asset management firm specialising in real estate. He joined the firm from CLS Holdings, a ‘...
Read moreWorld Bank investment in Bridge International Academies in Kenya via its subsidiary organisation IFC* is to be investigated...
Read morePupils in England are more segregated by ability than almost every other country in the world, analysis by John Jerrim ,...
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The ethnicity ‘attainment gap’
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has produced a table showing ‘attainment gaps’ for ethnic...
Read moreIt’s vital to fight fake news, education secretary Damian Hinds said in a recent press release .
He’s...
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When Donald met Ron
In the autumn of 2016, Donald Trump paid a visit to a charter school in Cleveland, Ohio. Candidate Trump...
Read moreThe following are my personal views arising from Greta’s words .
On climate change
Like Greta, I am with David Attenborough and...
Read moreThe reform of the modern education system began early in the 19th Century. What eventually became known as the Education Reform Movement dates...
Read more'We [the Treasury] were able to increase the education budget by £1.3 billion last year... ', the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss told...
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This was the subject of the Channel 4 ‘Dispatches’ programme broadcast on 4 February 2019.
As the number of children leaving...
Read moreEU joins donors uneasy about commercialisation of education
The EU Parliament this week passed a Resolution banning...
Read moreThe 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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