The consultation on the implementation of the English Baccalaureate consists of a set of predetermined questions. I won’t be limiting my response by the narrow frame of these questions. Firstly, I don’t actually want to implement the EBacc and secondly there are some important things that need saying which don’t fit anywhere in the rubric; I’m going off piste. Continue reading
It’s not often that I get excited by another release from the Department for Education. Thinking about it I’m not sure that I have ever previously got excited about a Department for Education release but the recent changes to the Progress 8 measure at GCSE has the potential to set in chain a set of thinking that could be a real game changer for education in England. Continue reading