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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

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Baker to Balls: Coxcomb to Cock-up

Budget Day 2009: a day to remember for its revelations: in Parliament, of the government’s fiscal profligacy: in the Commons’ Select Committee on Education, of bitter recrimination over the last SATs fiasco. The Treasury gives us a tale of financial … Continue reading

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