Perhaps the Victorian schools got some things right

Katharine Birbalsingh was the school deputy head who was the star of the Conservative Conference.   Having, as a result, been “persuaded” to resign from her post, she now writes a column in the Telegraph. Today her column is entitled “What we could learn from the Victorian classroom”.  It is a very interesting picture of how [...]

Cameron launches Party’s Draft Manifesto for Education

David Cameron: We need urgent action to improve our schools Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Monday, January 18 2010    Since the New Year, we have been setting out our argument for the election. We want to make this the year for change. We can’t go on like this, and we need change to get the [...]

Church schools lead the Primary Schools league table

League tables for Primary Schools are published today showing the results of the curriculum tests for children aged 11 taken last summer.   The tests examine progress in English, Maths and Science, and the measure looked for is a Level 4 pass as that is the standard believed necessary to do well at secondary school. The bad [...]

Has parental choice of schools worked at all?

Interesting piece in today’s Independent where Deborah Orr considers whether parental choice on school admissions has achieved anything, do read it here in full. She starts by saying:- “Long ago when the concept of parental choice was introduced into the state education system, it was done under the assumption that this would somehow create a market in [...]