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Andrew Bethell: Fearful that current ‘direction of travel’ heading inexorably towards a divided system that will fail many more children than it helps.

Having spent seven years setting up and then growing Teachers TV, I was lucky enough to be able to track the real progress teachers and schools have made over the last ten years. After Gove shut TTV down (with over 60% of the profession making use of our videos every half term) I have been following the draconian changes in ... read more and comment →

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Francis Gilbert: Why are outstanding “specialist” teachers losing their jobs and untrained ones being promoted?

It's becoming increasingly clear that the cuts that are going on in schools and in universities are actually an assault on good teaching. Let's itemise this attack on good teaching: There are the cuts to the Specialist Schools Funding. At the moment, many schools are bolstered by high quality teaching in certain specialist areas. In particular, the Specialist Sports' Colleges have spread ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Laurence Connor: "At the start of this academic year my daughter's primary school in Bromley announced that funding for after school clubs ran by teachers after school had been scrapped. This is a school with a large number of pupils from under ......"

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Francis Gilbert: We must insist upon great teaching and tough love in all our local schools

I think it's time we started insisting that EVERY CHILD has the best teaching possible in ALL our schools. How are we going to do this? We need to make sure our teachers are rigorously trained and schools insist that all teachers reflect upon what they're doing in the classroom. This means teachers should be listening to pupil feedback, using active ... read more and comment →

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