Data

Desperate attempt to make it appear DfE data has OECD seal of approval

In its panicked attempts to defuse the severe...

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Forget global – DfE compares UK with G7 for more flattering comparison

The Department for Education (DfE) is attempting...

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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...

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Former Education Secretary Justine Greening has been speaking at the Sutton Trust .

Former Education Secretary Justine Greening’s...

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The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) has criticised the Department for Education (DfE) on many occasions about its use of official statistics (see...

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The release of ‘regular and ad hoc’ official statistics should be announced in advance through a 12-month release calendar, the UK Statistics...

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It’s happened before. And it’s likely to happen again. The Department for Education (DfE) publishes an announcement with misleading data. This is...

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It should be straightforward to find inspection reports. Type in a school’s name on Ofsted’s search page and the school’s record appears.

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The Department for Education’s use of statistics has often been criticised by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). Using flawed figures to claim...

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Since I published this article I have received a lot of email correspondence from internationally respected academics. The general thrust of this...

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This article shows that the East Asian education systems that come out at the top of the PISA rankings sink to the bottom half of the table when...

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Melissa Benn, Chair of Comprehensive Future, annotates Theresa May’s supposedly ‘One Nation’ speech on the steps of Downing Street on...

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The current controversy over the owners’responsibility for the collapse of the high street retailer BHS – on top of the shareholders’ revolt over...

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Phasing out private and grammar schools in the UK is essential if the increasingly cross party call for ‘equality of opportunity for all’ is...

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International test results show how England’s education system needs further reform, says Education Secretary Nicky Morgan in the foreword to the...

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

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‘Call to ban students with poor English and maths from universities’, says TES commenting on the OECD report ‘Building Skills...

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Thank you, I am delighted to be here.

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

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