GCSEs

04.11.18 by

I return to the work of Professor Rebecca (Becky) Allen , Director of the Centre for Education Improvement Science, UCL Institute of Education,...

Teaching, Other

20.10.18 by

...and fewer pupils eligible for free school meals

The top ten mainstream state-funded schools in England based on...

Inclusion, Academies

17.10.18 by

ASCL launches inquiry into system leaving pupils 'deflated'

The Association of Schools and Colleges has launched an...

Policy, Conservative

12.10.18 by

‘Ten years of success’ or five years of poor teaching? Can’t be both

‘ The Folkestone Academy is absolutely a success...

Academies, Free schools

10.10.18 by

Evidence 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...

Teaching, Other

23.09.18 by

This 1999 paper by Professor Michael Shayer is of enormous significance for the future of the English education system and the way that school...

Teaching, Other

21.09.18 by

Schools’ fault says Ofsted

4,700 pupils who took the higher tier reformed GCSE combined science exam in 2018 were awarded...

Policy, Conservative

16.09.18 by

This is the title of a Guardian article which appeared on 11 September 2018. The following (in italics) are excerpts.

Major study of 1.8...

Teaching, Mixed ability

13.09.18 by

GCSE 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 ‘...

Labour, Conservative

29.08.18 by

Rise in number of disappearing KS4 pupils

Off-rolling, whereby secondary schools exclude pupils likely to lower an...

Teaching, School culture

27.08.18 by

Alleged ‘grade inflation’ hasn't ended

Remember when Michael Gove used to bang on about grade inflation? His reformed...

Teaching, Exclusion

10.07.18 by

Consider these quotes from this recent Guardian article .

The system is now pushing schools and their heads to prioritise “the interests...

Teaching, School types

02.07.18 by

Nine in ten local authority schools are good or outstanding

According to schools minister Nick Gibb, speaking to the...

Academies, Policy

19.06.18 by

This year marks a signifi cant anniversary in the history of education policy in this country.

Thirty years ago this summer the Great...

School culture, Inclusion

03.06.18 by

The ‘north/south attainment gap’ claimed to exist by The Sutton Trust, The Social Mobility Foundation, the DfE, the National Schools Commissioner...

Teaching, Other

31.05.18 by

‘Free schools have largely been set up in areas with a need for more school places,’ research * from NFER and Sutton Trust shows. It’s good news...

Free schools, Policy

18.05.18 by

Hold on to your hats! It’s that thorny subject, rearing its ‘timely’ head again. Roger Titcombe and I are busy trying to convince...

Teaching, Policy

10.05.18 by

I have received this response from The Sutton Trust to my article questioning the ‘attainment gap’ .

Research by John Goldthorpe has...

Teaching, Other