Qualifications

16.04.19 by

Is the Department for Education media department a computer programmed with stock phrases?

No matter...

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

17.03.19 by

Probably the most important short statement ever made about teaching and learning is this from Vygotsky.

As we know from...

Teaching, School culture

28.02.19 by

89% of public sector bodies which submitted data to the Department for Education did not meet the public sector...

Policy, Conservative

11.02.19 by

GCSEs and A levels should be replaced with graduation at 18, Robert Halfon, chair of the Education Select Committee, is expected...

Teaching, Policy

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

20.12.18 by

I have recently written a number of articles on the subject of the ‘Attainment Gap’ and the ‘Pupil Premium’. Having discovered the email...

Teaching, School culture

06.12.18 by

‘…we’ve long been technical education snobs in this country,’ said Education secretary Damian Hinds in a speech at Battersea Power...

Comprehensive schools, Free schools

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

11.10.18 by

Many struggle to recruit pupils, ten have closed

The University Technical College (UTC) initiative is failing, an...

School types, 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

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

23.08.18 by

Shortly to be published research by Professor Michael Shayer reveals an accidental breakthrough in how highly significant cognitive development in...

Teaching, Mixed ability

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

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

03.05.18 by

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

Former Education Secretary Justine Greening’s...

Teaching, School leadership

30.01.18 by

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published what is probably the most comprehensive study yet on ‘The Attainment Gap’ , which has been...

Teaching, Other