An EBacc Embarrassment
Reading time, 2 minutes: Why have we had to wait 500+ days for the Department of Education to publish 2,755 responses to their consultation?
Reading time, 2 minutes: Why have we had to wait 500+ days for the Department of Education to publish 2,755 responses to their consultation?
Reading time, 4 minutes: What are the Department for Education hiding?
Reading time, 9 minutes: What teaching ideas would you like to say goodbye to in 2017?
Reading time, 2 minutes: If you could choose just one present for Christmas, what would it be?
Reading time, 2 minutes: What government policies are to blame for the recent decline in teachers?
Reading time, 5 minutes: How can we ensure the Arts subjects are protected in our schools?
Reading time, 3 minutes: Are you a teacher feeling ignored by the government? Dare I ask, by your senior management team?
Reading time, 9 minutes: What are policymakers discussing and what decisions are they making that will influence education?
Reading time, 7 minutes: During 2015 the DfE announced their intention to make entering 90% of students for the EBacc suite of GCSEs a future school performance measure that will be given a more ‘prominent role’ within the Ofsted framework.
Reading time, 6 minutes: How would you (as an adult) fare if you completed examinations in foreign language, a humanities or indeed learning maths, English and science subjects all over again? I know I failed at least two of these subjects when I was 16 years old. Was my school a failure? Was I viewed as a failure too?
Reading time, 3 minutes: Do we want examination courses that will inspire our students?
Reading time, 6 minutes: How does government policy affect the life chances of students in your school?