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

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

21.09.18 by

Inspectors must decide if exceptional pupil movement is 'lawful'

Inspectors must discuss concerns about potential ‘off-...

School culture, Accountability

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

07.09.18 by

Economy measures dismissed as ‘Hinds Slight’

The Department for Education (DfE) has developed a cunning plan for schools...

Teaching, School culture

03.09.18 by

The Guardian of 2 September 2018 carried this story from which I quote as follows (in italics).

Parents have criticised the use of...

Teaching, Other