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Henry Stewart: Educate and Celebrate: Schools LGBT at the Emirates Stadium

It is two years since I wrote about the LGBT celebration at Stoke Newington School. A lot has happened since then and that event seems a long time ago. Ofsted inspected the school's work on homophobia and LGBT equality, pronounced it Outstanding and now promotes the school's work in its best practice section of its web site. Elly Barnes, the ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Janet Downs: "I hope that anyone who sneered at Stoke Newington's work on LGBT awareness two years ago reflects on their attitude especially if they have anything to do with schools...."

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Janet Downs: Primary Curriculum is in critical condition, says ex-HMI

Ex-HMI, Colin Richards, has followed up his plea in TES to save the primary curriculum with another impassioned article. He warns that the proposed curriculum is prescriptive, content-heavy and may even break the conditions of the Education Reform Act 1988. This legislation forbids ministers from laying down particular teaching methods by claiming that these methods are part of curricula content ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by John Mountford: "It is not enough to support Colin Richards through these columns. It is time to look at how decisions about the curriculum and the future of education are made in our democracy. Rebecca's comment about the next election should alert ......"

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Francis Gilbert: Top educationalist attacks teachers who speak about “creativity”, “potential” and “motivation”

I was inspired by Guy Claxton's talk at the Stephen Perse Foundation's conference, What is Learning For, where he gave a long talk about his ideas concerning how children should be taught in the 21st century as well as a short talk for part of a panel, which is posted below. His ideas about building "learning power" are essentially "child-centred", ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Rebecca Hanson: ":-) I'm back. Just did Friday and Saturday...."

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David Barry: “Town halls to decide on sites of new free schools”

A really interesting story in the TES today. I would be interested to hear any thoughts members of this site might have.... This is the beginning of the article: " Local authorities are to be given significantly greater powers over deciding where new free schools and academies should open, under plans being considered by the government. Councils with the most pressure on school ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Matt Birge: "Looks eminently sensible to me. Free schools where additional capacity is required, with a guaranteed location and the support of both LAs and the D of E, with maybe a tiny weeny little pinch of a soupcon of a hint of ......"

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Francis Gilbert: What does really matter in education? Headteacher Geoff Barton argues for a broad and balanced curriculum in this video

Geoff Barton, headteacher and writer, spoke at the Stephen Perse Foundation conference, What Is Learning For, this week on a panel which I chaired. I videod his contribution, which you can see below. Barton was a leading figure in the fight against the English Baccalaureate exams Michael Gove tried to foist upon a reluctant profession this year, but has now ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Janet Downs: "I heard Geoff Barton at the London Festival of Education and he is, as you say, sensible and has his feet firmly on the ground. He's also enthusiastic, passionate and enthusiastic. He's right that content and skills go together. ......"

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Francis Gilbert: Why even supporters of academies think it’s become a wasteful mess…

(NOTE: This article first appeared in Secondary Ed. I will be speaking on this theme at the forthcoming Education Innovation conference in Manchester on March 8 and 9. Visit http://educationinnovation.co.uk/) I supported my son’s local secondary school, Bethnal Green Technology College (BGTC), as it was then called, to become an academy. Nevertheless, I have severe reservations about the academies and free schools programme as a ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Marigold Doyle: "This article doesn't sit well with me, to be honest, when the author has criticised other parents for campaigning for their local school to become an academy because they believe this is the route to improve it. Whether they are right, ......"

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Francis Gilbert: State schools are much better than they used to be — a headteacher speaks out in this video…

Earlier this week, I chaired a panel discussion at a conference at the Stephen Perse Foundation Girls' School and met Chris Mallaband, who is the Principal at St Mark's Academy in Merton, outer London, who was also speaking at the conference. I found him to be a modest, honest and humane man who has been teaching since the 1980s and seen ... read more and comment →

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Fiona Millar: Life after Gove

Life after Gove. Is there such thing? The current education secretary’s ceaseless and frenetic activity sometimes makes this hard to believe. But one day he will be gone and the chances are that a Labour government will have to pick up the pieces. The stand-out issues that must be faced are becoming clearer. How do we get excellent local schools, given ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by FJM: "Excellent, but LSN won't like this...."

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Helen Casey: I watch with despair as the Conservative government begins dismantling the state school system

As a journalist in the education field, I was no great fan of the previous Labour government. I felt they wasted a lot of money getting bogged down in consultations and then ignoring the reports at the end. Tony Blair clearly had an agenda, wanted to be the big hero of education, and it wasn't a campaign I could get ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Rebecca Hanson: "Helen I felt the same way. So I joined the Lib Dems as it seemed the only constructive way to do any good. And it's been a great journey. I've met so many very able, dedicated and ......"

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Henry Stewart: Ofsted Dashboard Uses the Wrong Data

When Sir Michael Wilshaw showed me round Mossbourne some years ago one of the most impressive features was their use of student data. The school leadership and each individual teacher received reports, every six weeks, on student progress against expectation. No student could quietly slip behind and intervention could be quickly targeted at those that needed it. Given that data was ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Peter Nye: "Gaynor this is my understanding of how it works. The APS improvement of Pupils A and B from KS1 to KS2 (12.8 and 12.6 points respectively) is a measure of the absolute progress they have made from one point in time ......"

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