The strength of feeling I have against the EBacc interests me. As mentioned before it is my line in the sand, the issue that would cause me to walk away from education after thirty years. It’s certainly not about the subjects included within it, they are all great, and it’s not simply the subjects excluded from it, they’re great as well. Continue reading
In the week we celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo it seems some, possibly many, schools have met theirs. Continue reading
Progress 8 is fast becoming the new accountability currency in secondary education in England. There is actually much to commend this measure and schools are slowly but surely beginning to understand the benefits of it over many that have gone before. In a previous post, Update #Progress 8 May Just be a #Gamechanger, I looked at the potential ways in which the new measure could fundamentally change how we view accountability within our education system. Continue reading