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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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Sutton Trust on Teachers’ Pay – Let’s be Clear

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Teachers’ Pay The BBC’s report on the Sutton Trust Education Pay questionnaire says the majority of teachers “support linking pay to pupils’ progress and results”. This is somewhat misleading. It’s also interesting to see that this is only one aspect … Continue reading

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Replacing Ofsted; Improving Accountability

Since its inception Ofsted has had its critics. Since its establishment, the focus for schools and for the education they provide has been on whatever Ofsted inspects – rather than what professionals think, feel and know are the most important … Continue reading

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Phonics, Collaboration and Professional Practice.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.  – Plato. Yesterday’s post highlighted the teaching of phonics and the three teaching unions that are protesting about the new phonics tests. Leaders of three teachers’ unions have written to MPs urging … Continue reading

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