Yesterday, the Tate group asked the new government to provide sufficient funding for an ‘arts-rich curriculum’.
... Read moreKey Stage 2 tests became more difficult in 2016 after a ‘curriculum revamp’, said The Times .
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Read more‘Scrapping exams at 16 would create a better education system,’ The Times editorial says today.
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Read moreCalls for the government to back down on the EBacc are likely to increase following a decision by the Russell Group universities...
Read moreGCSEs and A levels should be replaced with graduation at 18, Robert Halfon, chair of the Education Select Committee, is expected...
Read moreMaths Mastery, Shanghai Maths, Teaching for Mastery (TfM) have been buzz words since Shanghai topped PISA league tables in 2009...
Read moreNow there’s a surprise. Introduce a new performance measure such as the EBacc and it doesn’t take a genius to realise schools will change tactics...
Read moreThis year marks a signifi cant anniversary in the history of education policy in this country.
Thirty years ago this summer the Great...
Read moreThis post is prompted by an article in today's 'i' newspaper that includes a table of EU and EFTA countries in order of the percentage of...
Read moreI was prompted to write this article by a recent telephone conversation with the complaints section of my Electricity Supply company. I won’t bore...
Read moreThe last week has not been good for schools worried about money. The Chancellor seems immune to warnings about the state of school funding. The...
Read moreThis is a short version of the full article which appears here
I will address these issues in the reverse order that they appear in the...
Read moreIt's been a busy couple of weeks. No I don't mean trying to keep up with the headlines or the fallout from the headlines, though I can't say that...
Read moreThank you, I am delighted to be here.
This book is a truly collaborative effort, a distillation of the thinking and writing of...
Read moreThe launch last week of LSN’s first book The Truth About Our Schools at Goldsmiths, University of London, covered in detail here , provided a...
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