School types

18.07.19 by

Nine academies run by notorious academy trust Bright Tribe were transferred to new trusts in the financial year 2018/19,...

School types, Academies

17.07.19 by

It’s vital to fight fake news, education secretary Damian Hinds said in a recent press release .

He’s...

Teaching, School types

10.07.19 by

Academies should be allowed to return to the stewardship of their local authority if teachers, parents and locals support the...

School types, Academies

03.07.19 by

Why are increasing numbers of children being physically restrained in mainstream and special schools?

On 25 February 2019 TES carried a...

Teaching, School culture

12.06.19 by

Michael Gove’s bid to become the next prime minister began with contemplating the fickle nature of fate. What would have...

School types, Policy

06.06.19 by

In Loco Parentis

Throughout my teaching career the legal and professional advice to schools and individual teachers was at all times to...

School culture, School types

01.06.19 by

The building formerly used by the defunct Manchester Creative Studio is being occupied by property guardian company, Global Guardians, Freedom of...

School types, Free schools

31.05.19 by

When Donald met Ron

In the autumn of 2016, Donald Trump paid a visit to a charter school in Cleveland, Ohio. Candidate Trump...

School types, International

27.05.19 by

These are profound issues about which there is little consensus in the UK. Elsewhere in the world states and societies are increasingly coming to...

School culture, School types

17.05.19 by

Payments made by Collective Spirit Free School (CSFS), Oldham, and Manchester Creative Studio (MCS) to a related party,...

School types, Free schools

15.04.19 by

When this question is asked by a politician, an unsolicited social media post, or someone selling you something, it is always wise to think about...

Teaching, School culture

05.03.19 by

School refusal, school exclusions, self harm, drug culture, gang violence, social media and child suicides all appear to be linked, but...

Teaching, School culture

17.02.19 by

The purpose of schools is to fill the heads of children with knowledge. Who could argue with that? It’s obvious right?

‘Self...

Teaching, School culture

10.02.19 by

This was the subject of the Channel 4 ‘Dispatches’ programme broadcast on 4 February 2019.

As the number of children leaving...

Teaching, School culture

28.01.19 by

This article contains many quotes from others (follow the links). All such quotes are in italics. The blog site ‘Reclaiming Schools’ has...

Teaching, School types

22.12.18 by

Check your knowledge of the goings-on in education in England during 2018

Who slated the Department for Education (DfE) about the... Read more

Teaching, School types

15.11.18 by

I 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...

School culture, Behaviour

13.10.18 by

Writing for LSN in 2014, the late Maurice Holt noted the ‘transatlantic...

School culture, School types