Ofsted chief, Amanda Spielman, published a ‘commentary on school funding’ this morning. But the blog, potentially embarrassing...
Read moreIt’s essential for young people to be able to talk to ‘providers of technical education and apprenticeships’ in school if they...
Read moreState-funded schools ‘should be incentivised to develop essential life skills’, recommends the Sutton Trust.
Given the loathing felt by...
Read moreYesterday, the Tate group asked the new government to provide sufficient funding for an ‘arts-rich curriculum’.
... Read moreKey Stage 2 tests became more difficult in 2016 after a ‘curriculum revamp’, said The Times .
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Read more‘Scrapping exams at 16 would create a better education system,’ The Times editorial says today.
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Read moreThis site’s being saying it for years: reforms to state education in England introduced by Michael Gove are a retrograde step...
Read moreSir Kenneth Baker, former education secretary from 1986-89, fired a broadside against GCSE reforms in England in a letter to the...
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This is a consultation run by TES. This is the blurb.
Nearly a third of students who took...
Read moreThis is essentially an issue typical of historical interactions between the private and public sectors. It is currently topical in the English...
Read moreTranscripts on government websites of speeches by politicians and officials are usually accompanied by the speaker’s mugshot. But this wasn’t the...
Read moreShould there be a rule preventing MPs from repeating questions that have already been adressed many times in the current...
Read moreIn Loco Parentis
Throughout my teaching career the legal and professional advice to schools and individual teachers was at all times to...
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When Donald met Ron
In the autumn of 2016, Donald Trump paid a visit to a charter school in Cleveland, Ohio. Candidate Trump...
Read moreYou can read Part 1 ‘The role of religion’ here .
The first important step is to point out the difference between the state and the...
Read moreCould it be the Department for Education is using schools minister Nick Gibb as an Aunt Sally?
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Read moreCalls for the government to back down on the EBacc are likely to increase following a decision by the Russell Group universities...
Read moreThe Bishop Anthony Educational Trust (BEAT) has ‘not been successful enough’ in improving schools with significant weaknesses,...
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