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British Values, Human Values, Ofsted and Fundamentalism

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When David Cameron stood in solidarity with Francois Hollande outside the Bataclan theatre in Paris was he thinking about the similarities or the differences between their personal and their countries’ sets of values? Are there any differences between French values … Continue reading

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United We Stand . . . and Move Forward

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Last Saturday we attended the South East Regional TUC Education Conference, which was set up in collaboration with the Anti-Academies Alliance. (http://antiacademies.org.uk/) A series of speakers tackled the extensive problems with education at present but also offered some options for … Continue reading

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British Values, Family Values, Human Values – what’s the difference?

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Values – a word that all manner of people seem to find difficult to define or delineate. “British” values – are defined by our Prime Minister as “a belief in freedom, tolerance of others, accepting personal and social responsibility, respecting … Continue reading

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Rotherham Sexual Abuse: Can we now have statutory SRE?

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Almost a year ago, we wrote a post about sex and relationships education (SRE) titled “Let’s be Clear about SRE”. https://3diassociates.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/lets-be-clear-about-sre/ At the time, Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, had expressed his support for updating the SRE guidance – … Continue reading

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Tolerance, Values, Virtuous Living and Our Education

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What do we value? Do we have to consider what we value about education as well as these “British Values” that everyone is talking about? There’s plenty in the news about values at the moment. Every Tom, Michael and David … Continue reading

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Wellbeing, Values and Good Societies

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It becomes even more obvious, as I spend another week living with my 98 year old aunt, how dependent we are on one another as human beings trying to live decent lives. It’s also obvious that “wellbeing” is the only … Continue reading

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Let’s be Clear about SRE

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This week, sex and relationships education (SRE) has been back in the news once more. It’s rarely out of the news which might make the likes of Mr Gove and his political party realise that this is quite an important … Continue reading

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Look After the Pennies . . . .

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This is a genuine question. When did the future of the country’s economy become the primary determinant of education policy? When talking about the proposed National Curriculum for England this week, the Prime Minister said, “This revolution in education is … Continue reading

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The Legacy of the Games

This fortnight of Olympic enjoyment has been utterly brilliant, and the excitement and admiration for Team GB in Britain is still at fever pitch. And rightly so. Our GB competitors have broken records, outperformed their expectations and demonstrated high levels … Continue reading

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School Sports for the Future

Yesterday, Ed Miliband tweeted about the decrease in time allocated to sports in the London borough of Southwark due to the loss of Sports Coordinators. “Just met former school sport co-ordinator for Southwark. He organised competitive sport for schools but lost … Continue reading

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