Category Archives: Primary education
Some Talk of Alexander . . . .
I am prompted into action by words of the former professorial director of the London Institute of Education, Peter Mortimore, in the Education Guardian (3.11.09) on the Cambridge Primary Review, the most important undertaking in this area since the report … Continue reading
Filed under Current policies, Juvenile, Primary education
KWIK FIX or LONG HAUL?
“Outstanding” is how Ofsted rates Ecclestone Mere Primary School. “Outstanding,” not once, but three times on the trot. About one in six of the children is eligible for free meals and about one in six has special needs: a pretty … Continue reading
Filed under Current policies, Ofsted, Primary education, School inspections
Stars & Stripes
Certain astronomical phenomena seem to go in twenty year cycles of light and darkness. The education supernova of 1944 brought primary schools formally to birth. Over twenty years they left old-time elementary education behind and established a new and promising … Continue reading
