I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about bridging the independent-state school divide. All our certainties seem to be crumbling away. In our…
This much I know about…the number one shift in UK education I wish to see in my lifetime
#Blogsync post number 1. http://share.edutronic.net/ I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about the number one shift in UK education I wish…
This much I know/have recently learnt about…developing curriculum and assessment
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and one of the Headteachers’ Roundtable for a matter of weeks, and, at the age of 48, this much I know/have recently learnt about developing…
This much I know about…an alternative to the English Baccalaureate Certificate
I have been a Headteacher for over nine years now and, at the age of 48, this much I know about an alternative to the English Baccalaureate Certificate. If Jeremy Hunt announced a backward-looking reform to appendix operations which would…
This much I know about…the Pupil Premium
I have been a Headteacher for 9 years and this much I know about the Pupil Premium. Sam Ellis told an audience of ASCL members some time ago that the Tory element of the Coalition hated the Pupil Premium because…
This much I know about…my 1970s education (because that's where we're heading)
I’ve been teaching 24 years and at the age of 48 this much I know about my 1970s education. The Gove/Clegg plans for the English Baccalaureate are so obviously wrong. There are many education professionals who have already expressed their…
This much (I think) I know about…the English Language GCSE debacle!
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years and a Headteacher for 9 years and at the age of 48 this much (I think) I know about the English Language GCSE debacle. The Roman playwright Terence wrote, Nothing…
This much I know about…the politicisation of education in England
I have been teaching for 24 years now and at the age of 48, this much I know about the politicisation of education in England… I make no apology for being overtly political when it comes to education. The politicians…