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Sunday, November 17, 2024
Absolutely beyond belief (excuse the pun). 'My daughter is revising for her RE GCSE this week. In their work book she showed me this question, and at the back, the answers. The question explicitly asks for answers based on religious teachings or sacred texts. The answer is straight out of...
Boris Johnson left red faced... again
At the 80th Meeting of SAGE on 11th February (1), SAGE recommended the phased reopening of schools. They said, “60. There are a number of uncertainties in the modelling including the potential network implications of reopening schools. A phased reopening would allow the effects to be assessed which would be particularly...
Through a hands-on Business Studies initiative, Year 11 pupils at Ballard School, an independent school for children aged 2-16, have helped to shape future marketing plans for Ringwood company, Avon Organics. Rather than just learning the academics of GCSE Business Studies, pupils at Ballard School, based in New Milton, have...
Boris Johnson is facing calls to close every school in England after an embarrassing government U-turn which means all primary schools in London will remain shut next week. A union leader claimed what was right for London was right for the rest of the country and called on ministers to...
When asked in the Commons about how young people would suffer at the hands of the Tory Brexit he replied... https://twitter.com/JerryHicksUnite/status/1343225607262507009?s=20 Therefore 'speaking out of the bottom' in Boris Johnson parlance means 'how the hell did you know what we were planning?'. Yet more LIES and fakery from the Prime Minister....
All secondary pupils and teachers in England must wear face masks at school in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus, it has been announced. Under fresh government guidance issued on Wednesday, staff and students in Year 7 and above have been told to wear face coverings in communal...
Plans for the relocation of the Oakdale Learning Centre to a Skills Shop campus in the town centre of Poole will be discussed at Cabinet on Wednesday 11 November. The Adult Skills and Learning service currently use the Oakdale Learning Centre. It is one of 60 Skills and Learning sites...
Covid-19: It's NOT about the people who DIDN'T die
Dorset Council is working closely with Public Health Dorset and all schools to safely manage any Coronavirus cases that occur. All schools, colleges and education settings are following Dorset Council, Department for Education and Public Health guidance. Risk assessments have been carried out and hygiene measures are in place....
Teachers' unions have reacted with dismay after the government published new COVID-19 guidelines for secondary schools last night - just days before millions of pupils in England are due to return to the classroom next week. One leader said there was a sense of "weary inevitability" about the plan, while...
A Levels: Government system intended to boost private school pupils as state school pupils left fuming
A-level and GCSE students in England will be handed exam grades as predicted by their teachers instead of a controversial algorithm, Ofqual has announced. The move marks a stark U-turn by both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, and comes after growing fury from pupils and Tory...