‘…we’ve long been technical education snobs in this country,’ said Education secretary Damian Hinds in a speech at Battersea Power...
Read moreMisleading Ofsted stats cited again…
Nick Gibb : ‘In 2010, just 66% of pupils were attending schools judged by Ofsted to be good or...
Read moreTest results at former Downhills are higher today, says Gibb
Test results at Harris Academy Philip Lane, formerly...
Read moreThe present system in England harms all pupils
There’s something in the air – and it’s not just too-early Christmas music...
Read moreI return to the work of Professor Rebecca (Becky) Allen , Director of the Centre for Education Improvement Science, UCL Institute of Education,...
Read more...and fewer pupils eligible for free school meals
The top ten mainstream state-funded schools in England based on...
Read moreASCL launches inquiry into system leaving pupils 'deflated'
The Association of Schools and Colleges has launched an...
Read more‘Ten years of success’ or five years of poor teaching? Can’t be both
‘ The Folkestone Academy is absolutely a success...
Read moreEvidence that the title of this article should be taken seriously can be found here and here .
On 7 October 2018 I wrote to the Fair...
Read moreThis 1999 paper by Professor Michael Shayer is of enormous significance for the future of the English education system and the way that school...
Read moreSchools’ fault says Ofsted
4,700 pupils who took the higher tier reformed GCSE combined science exam in 2018 were awarded...
Read moreThis is the title of a Guardian article which appeared on 11 September 2018. The following (in italics) are excerpts.
Major study of 1.8...
Read moreGCSE is the ‘common exam at 16+’ created by the merging of the GCE and CSE systems. I entered university in 1965 on the basis of the national ‘...
Read moreRise in number of disappearing KS4 pupils
Off-rolling, whereby secondary schools exclude pupils likely to lower an...
Read moreAlleged ‘grade inflation’ hasn't ended
Remember when Michael Gove used to bang on about grade inflation? His reformed...
Read moreConsider these quotes from this recent Guardian article .
The system is now pushing schools and their heads to prioritise “the interests...
Read moreNine in ten local authority schools are good or outstanding
According to schools minister Nick Gibb, speaking to the...
Read moreThis year marks a signifi cant anniversary in the history of education policy in this country.
Thirty years ago this summer the Great...
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