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This was always going to happen, and it has happened as a direct result of an ideologically driven policy from the current administration and its [...]
July 30, 2013
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There is a story – a weirdly horrific one – in today’s Times that says that a quarter of parents with older primary school [...]
July 29, 2013
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A completely wonderful year has ended. It has been full of challenge (to which we have risen), difficulties (which all the staff have met and [...]
July 29, 2013
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One of the aspects of the new Assessment and Accountability Framework being promulgated by the government today is the idea that children will be [...]
July 17, 2013
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I know it’s early in the morning and not a good time to get livid, but if reports from the BBC are to be believed, the new Accountability [...]
July 17, 2013
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A gaggle of children grabbed me at the top of the stairs outside Year 5 today, gleefully telling me “we’re fasting!” Thus we [...]
July 10, 2013
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Discuss the following statements, gleaned from the BBC: A revised national curriculum for schools in England is to be published later, with the [...]
July 8, 2013
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There are a number of reasons why I am fundamentally opposed to the new freedoms that Michael Gove has decided to offer us in terms of setting [...]
July 7, 2013
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A not-so-subtle current educational philosophy, promulgated through the reams of professional development opportunities that flood onto my desk [...]
July 7, 2013