Tag Archives: league tables
LEARNING TOGETHER: INCLUSIVE SCHOOLING
Faith schools seem to do pretty well in the league tables. But look more closely and you see they do it by top slicing the local community. The other schools in the area do rather badly. The presence or absence of faith … Continue reading
Filed under Current policies, Diogenes, Faith schools
SHADES OF THE PRISON HOUSE begin to close
Upon the growing boy… And girl. The Victorians were great ones for order. They sought it in well-planned institutions. For Paupers, there were workhouses; for Patients, hospitals; for Prisoners, penitentiaries; for Pupils, schools. Unless you happened to be a solvent, … Continue reading
Filed under Diogenes, Examinations & assessment, History, School inspections, Teaching
Verb. sap.
Not my lines below but those of Baroness Shirley Williams, Secretary of State for Education 1976-9 closing an article in the Education Guardian, 3.3.09 . “In all sorts of ways, including promises of new buildings, pressure is being brought on … Continue reading →
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Filed under Comment, Current policies, Department for Education, Juvenile, LEAs, Opting out
Tagged as community schools, Juvenile, league tables, LEAs, shirley williams, the guardian