School culture

23.02.19 by

Schools Minister Nick Gibb has a new enemy in his sites: ‘futurologists’.

Futurologists attempt to...

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

13.02.19 by

What should schools concentrate on? Building confidence? Encouraging ‘grit’ and resilience? Developing ‘character’? Focusing on...

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

22.12.18 by

This third expose of 'the Gap', comes on the back of a reply I received from the BBC's Education Correspondent, Sean Coughlan, in response to my...

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

13.12.18 by

The gap between disadvantaged pupils and others continues to narrow,’ says the Department for Education i n its commentary on the 2018 Key Stage 2...

School culture, Policy

09.12.18 by

In my original article on this subject, ‘The Gap Exposed’, I set out my reasons for believing the current preoccupation with closing the...

School culture, Policy

06.12.18 by

A previous article entitled 'The Attainment Gap Exposed' has been deleted. This completed update replaces it.

Have you...

School culture, Ofsted

04.12.18 by

This update of my article of 25 April 2016 has been prompted by the recent case of the children of a Syrian family being bullied and the...

School culture, Inclusion

22.11.18 by

Professor Becky Allen of the UCL Institute of Education has written important articles about the Pupil Premium (PP) that I discuss here and here...

Teaching, Other

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

05.11.18 by

A Conference called by the Reclaiming Education alliance

'Education is in crisis. Our children are the most unhappy in the developed world , their...

Teaching, School culture

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

30.10.18 by

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

Teaching, Other

13.10.18 by

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

School culture, School types

03.10.18 by

At the start of 2018, I was appointed governor of a local junior school. And a very good school it is too, with an excellent head and dedicated,...

Teaching, Mixed ability

29.09.18 by

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published a seven part guide to improving secondary science teaching .

It is excellent, and...

Teaching, Other