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Yesterday, the Tate group asked the new government to provide sufficient funding for an ‘arts-rich curriculum’.

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Key Stage 2 tests became more difficult in 2016 after a ‘curriculum revamp’, said The Times .

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‘Scrapping exams at 16 would create a better education system,’ The Times editorial says today.

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Calls for the government to back down on the EBacc are likely to increase following a decision by the Russell Group universities...

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GCSEs and A levels should be replaced with graduation at 18, Robert Halfon, chair of the Education Select Committee, is expected...

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Maths Mastery, Shanghai Maths, Teaching for Mastery (TfM) have been buzz words since Shanghai topped PISA league tables in 2009...

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Now 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...

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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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Roger Titcombe's picture
07.12.17 by

This 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...

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I was prompted to write this article by a recent telephone conversation with the complaints section of my Electricity Supply company. I won’t bore...

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The last week has not been good for schools worried about money. The Chancellor seems immune to warnings about the state of school funding. The...

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This 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...

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Emma Bishton's picture
23.07.16 by

It'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...

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Thank you, I am delighted to be here.

This book is a truly collaborative effort, a distillation of the thinking and writing of...

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The 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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