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 [...]

Guardian correspondent suggests direction of labour for teachers

This piece appeared in The Guardian today.   Its content is not surprising, bearing in mind where it was published, but the comments from readers were interesting.   There were a few socialist warriors who mainly seemed to want to insult their great enemy “the middle class”, but the great majority wrote sensibly pointing our both the [...]

A bouncer to throw out the troublemakers?

Lynette Burrows has an interesting piece in the Telegraph today, “Bouncers could teach schools discipline “  –  here What she says about bouncers is very true.   I must say I had not thought about it before, but bouncers are respected by club and disco goers.   Some of what she says may be going a bit [...]