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Free School head checks scaled back… unbelievable!

** Free school head checks scaled back ** Documents leaked to the BBC show ministers agreed to scrap pre-appointment checks on...

LET TEACHERS TEACH RATHER THAN FINGER POINT!

Here’s my take on this story that appeared recently on the BBC website… Schools failing brightest pupils A culture of low expectations is...

THE PRIVATE TUTORIAL SET TO CHANGE FOREVER

– Easter is the time when demand for private tuition starts to increase with end of year exams on the horizon – The number of parents...

Free school sites…plugging the dam with tissue paper!

** Free schools site rules to change ** Changes to planning rules in England will make it easier for new free schools to open in...

ONLINE PRIVATE TUITION PASSES CLOSE EXAMINATION!

With the January exams underway or in prospect for thousands of UK schoolchildren now is the time when a growing number of parents and...

School playing fields NEED PROTECTING!!!

We need to protect ALL school playing fields from greedy government sponsored developers and two hours a week of sport should be an...

No surprise that teacher morale is low!

It is hardly surprising that teacher morale is low. Government incompetence continually undermines the profession. Free schools and...

History should never be forgotten..it’s vital for our future!

** Overhaul school history, urge MPs ** School history lessons should be overhauled and a British history qualification brought in for...

Trainee teacher dropout rate is a worrying statistic

** Trainee teacher dropout warning ** Nearly one in three people who train to be teachers in England does not go on to work in the...

Online private tuition gets personal!

ONLINE PRIVATE TUITION GETS PERSONAL – The desire for safety and security both online and in face-to-face tutorials is paramount –...

Good parenting boosts exam results

Parents key to exam success Supportive parents are more important than good schools in boosting children’s exam results, a study...

Ofsted wrong to tamper with teachers’ pay!!!

Teachers must work harder row A teachers leader has criticised England’s chief inspector of schools after he said they must work extra...

VOCATIONAL ELEMENT TO NEW BACCALAUREATE NEEDED!

I think that this announcement is broadly very positive. Getting rid of GCSEs is monstrously overdue. We do need more rigorous testing...

Give teachers fair pay and conditions!!

Teachers vote to strike over pay < http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/education-19519839 > With my children at school the possibility...

Facing up to online private tuition

As pupils across the UK ready themselves for the new school year an ever growing number of parents are turning to private tutors to top...

Free schools idea flawed..focus needed elsewhere such as GCSEs!

School funds cut before opening Government funding to a free school in Bradford is withdrawn a week before it was due to open....

Trying to save a sinking ship

Gove denies interference in GCSEs http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/education-19355959 It looks to me as if the Government, along with...

Face to face online private tuition that’s NOT Skype!

A pioneering new online tuition service has recently launched that will revolutionise the delivery of private, personalised, home-based...

Face to face online private tuition that’s NOT Skype!

A pioneering new online tuition service has recently launched in the UK that will revolutionise the delivery of private, personalised,...

CORNER CUTTING BY GOVERNMENT!

CORNER CUTTING BY GOVERNMENT! . #student #teacher #teachers #colleges #academy #ukeducation #educationsystem #education #kandctutors...