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catherine leech: Comprehensives do work. It’s small classes that make the difference.

I am a former deputy head of a large comprehensive which achieved "outstanding" from Ofsted. I have also supported other schools to improve their student performance. For the past two years, I have been a part time education consultant and have supported 5 schools. My particular area of expertise has been post sixteen. I am very concerned that the current government ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Andy: "Catherine, I was not attacking you rather I was reflecting how I perceived your article. I am sorry if you felt aggrieved. I was not "attacking" you but did ask some questions in an attempt to better understand ......"

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Janet Downs: LSN founder wins education award

Local Schools Network founder, Melissa Benn, has won the Fred and Anne Jarvis Award for educational campaigning. The prize acknowledged Melissa’s work as a passionate champion of comprehensive education. Previous winners of the award include Professor Robin Alexander, Director of the Cambridge Primary Review who said in his acceptance speech that when governments talk about “evidence-based policy” it “all too often ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Rebecca Hanson: "Jordan is not a particularly sensitive area of the Middle East because it hasn't got any oil...."

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Helen Flynn: Beyond the “sharp elbows” mantra

I have just been reviewing a few recent threads on the site, and it strikes me how overwhelming the "me, me, me" mantra dominates, in such a way that we don't even notice it any more. Of course, this is what Gove is able to manipulate so well by directly appealing to the self interest that lies behind the take-up of ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Marianne Harman: "I wholeheartedly agree. I have just had lunch with a fellow town councillor who sits on the youth forum with students fro m the town community college and is also a gree party member but has said "over my dead ......"

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Fiona Millar: More evidence for the success of comprehensive education and why Andrew Neil is wrong

Obviously I haven't seen the programme made by Andrew Neil, to which Nigel Ford refers on this site, but I have been involved in several debates with Andrew on the subject of selective education in the last decade and believe he is wrong in his belief that students from comprehensive schools will sink without trace in future generations of political ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by B Way: "Comment by Fiona Millar "Around two thirds of 16 year olds get five good GCSE's." her use of an apostrophe in the plural use of GCSEs is either careless or ignorant. A good English teacher at any school ......"

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Barry Thomas: Real “big society”

I am a retired FE lecturer who attended the local state primary and local comprehensive before going on to university. Both my children attended the local bilingual state schools and went on to university after gaining 10 A grade GCSEs and 3 As at A level. They both got first class honours degrees and my daughter went on to get an ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Sam: "Local bilingual state school? Please share which school your kids attended. Thanks...."

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