Parents

22.04.16 by

The 2015 Conservative manifesto includes a section on localism and the ‘Big Society’. It describes “a vision of a more engaged nation, one in which... Read more

Academies, Policy

14.04.16 by

‘Ten Facts You Need to Know About Academies’. That’s the latest Department for Education press release .

The DfE tries to dispel what it...

Academies, Policy

07.04.16 by

SATS: One Parent’s Dilemma

English children are now the most heavily tested in the world – and a revolt is building within weeks of the...

Teaching, Other

30.03.16 by

I have been reading your interview with the Guardian on Friday, and I'm concerned and not a little bit angry. Many of the views you expressed in...

Academies, Conservative

29.02.16 by

Another day, another press release. On Wednesday morning, the DfE released a statement announcing the passing of the Education and Adoption Bill...

School leadership, School types

14.02.16 by

Jerry Roodhouse, a Lib Dem councillor in Rugby, Warwickshire, has condemned plans to use playing fields to rehouse the existing...

School types, Free schools

13.02.16 by

Yesterday, the Guardian published an excellent piece by journalist John Harris on the death of creativity and enjoyment of learning our state...

Teaching, School culture

07.02.16 by

LSN readers may have been a little puzzled by headlines yesterday, including in the Guardian, proclaiming ‘Soaring state schools...

School culture, Behaviour

01.02.16 by

According to press reports this weekend Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha are considering sending their son to...

School types, Academies

22.01.16 by

Thank you, I am delighted to be here.

This book is a truly collaborative effort, a distillation of the thinking and writing of...

Teaching, Mixed ability

22.01.16 by

The launch last week of LSN’s first book The Truth About Our Schools at Goldsmiths, University of London, covered in detail here , provided a...

School types, Academies

20.01.16 by

‘It's hardly surprising that most people have never heard of RSCs and even those who have are unclear about their role,’ Neil...

School types, Academies

25.11.15 by

How does a famous columnist even have the gall to suggest that ‘as a start in life ( going to a comprehensive) …is right up there with dying at the... Read more

School types, Faith schools

20.11.15 by

A popular head teacher killed herself after shortly after inspectors said her school was Inadequate, an inquest has heard.

Carol Ann...

Accountability, Ofsted

17.11.15 by

A father and daughter have written this piece for us about their experience of life in a selective local authority. I don’t want to denigrate my...

School types, Local schools

03.08.15 by

Robert Bruce Middle School, Kempston, Bedford, is consulting on whether to become an academy. A letter to parents says the consultation runs until... Read more

School types, Free schools

18.05.15 by

I’ve got a new T-Shirt. It’s printed with this slogan: ‘Primary Charter 4 Too Young to Test’. A bit of fun? Yes. But there’s a serious message. This... Read more

Policy, Accountability

17.02.15 by

In the end, perhaps, it passed with more of a whimper than a bang. Or rather, the bang was elsewhere – with the question of Tory tax evasion,... Read more

School culture, Teachers