Liz Myles, the new Principal of Weymouth College has announced that 20 A levels will be offered from September 2013 and 30 from September 2014. Following yet another successful year for student achievement (99% pass rate) the decision has been made to re introduce an aspect of student learning...
I received the following letter from Greg who works in the south of England:" I'm an ICT specialist. I teach Year 5 and 6 children to code iPhone apps. I was known throughout the authority for my subject knowledge in ICT.Anyway, we were inspected in December 2010. I was...
A good deal of excellent things have been written about GCSEgate and it will be very interesting to see how Ofqual, the exam boards and Michael Gove manage to wriggle out of it. Most teachers and headteachers with direct responsibility for students sitting the English papers are convinced that...
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I really love many kinds of sport. What I don't want or need, though is to be told that the people I must admire and support belong to this or that nation or this or that team. I want that to be my choice and to for me to...
Here's the Draft National Curriculum for English Key Stages 1 and 2:Key Stage 1 & 2 National CurriculumFirst observation: the document is anonymous - just as the National Literacy Strategy was! This is outrageous. What an example of non-democracy at work! Those of us who teach in universities, spend...
In June, Richard Scutt from local community group, Dorset Humanists visited Bishop Wordsworth’s Church of England School in Salisbury to explain Humanist beliefs and values at the school’s ‘Multi-faith Day’. Richard began each session by outlining various definitions of Humanism and detailing our core beliefs and ethics. He went on to discuss...
I'm probably jumping the gun a bit here, but the press is full this weekend with accounts of what is anticipated to appear in the new guidelines for Primary English. Presumably, someone at the DfE did a legal leak, as it were.What seems to be coming up is a requirement...
With the world finances in such turmoil and uprisings in so many Eastern countries it is easy for important pieces of news to pass us by as happened this week when this headline appeared. 'School starting age should be raised to six to prevent long-term damage to brighter children'...
The Social Science Centre: a radical new model for higher education Professor Mike Neary is the Dean of Teaching and Learning at the University of Lincoln. @mikeneary A co-operative education centre is opening in England, with no fees and no formal distinction between students and staff....
