Hackney New School closed for a fresh start at the end of October after the free school had been downgraded from good to...
Read moreSchools Minister Nick Gibb has a new enemy in his sites: ‘futurologists’.
Futurologists attempt to...
Read moreI have just watched Emily Thornbury on the Andrew Marr show (11 Nov 2018) being asked about the view of the London Mayor that, “the problem would...
Read moreThe Guardian of 2 September 2018 carried this story from which I quote as follows (in italics).
Parents have criticised the use of...
Read moreZero-tolerance risks exclusions for minor incidents
It’s reasonable for schools to have ‘zero-tolerance’ policies towards...
Read morePupils told inspectors they now feel safe in school
Great Yarmouth Charter Academy (GYCA) became notorious when it opened...
Read moreRedundancies at Great Yarmouth Charter Academy threaten ‘broadest’ curriculum
Inspiration Trust runs two secondary...
Read moreThe headline is true. But it’s also mischievous and misleading. Mischievous because it attempts to demonize free schools. It’s an antidote to...
Read moreGreat Yarmouth Charter Academy, part of the Inspiration Trust, has become notorious for its strict behaviour policy especially the rule, now...
Read moreThe inspiration for this article is Steven Pinker’s 1994 book, ‘The Language Instinct’, in which he builds on Chomsky’s assertion of the existence...
Read more‘ If you feel sick we will give you a bucket. If you vomit - no problem! You’ve got your bucket. ’
This is the instruction to pupils...
Read moreA comprehensive school accepts pupils irrespective of prior attainment.
A grammar school accepts only pupils who pass a selection test....
Read moreThe width and depth of this misunderstanding is demonstrated in this Guardian headline .
New test for ‘growth mindset’, the theory that...
Read moreI have the consent of 'Disappointed Idealist' to write an article on my website based on his latest post on leaving the teaching profession....
Read moreAs protests grow at so many aspects of current policy - from an impoverished curriculum to the diminishment of local democracy, the erosion of...
Read moreIn my experience as a parent, teacher, headteacher and grandparent, few schools are effective at addressing bullying of their pupils. In fact it...
Read moreThis is a summary version of the full article which you can read here
Although this could be one my most important articles in relation...
Read moreCo-authored by Roger Titcombe and Janet Downs
The government increasingly involves itself in what should be taught and how it should be...
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