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As a parent, many things can keep you awake at night: Your child not attaining an A-C pass at Maths GCSE Your child self-harming because of the pressure to succeed academically As a parent, what would be your biggest concern? … Continue reading
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Earlier this week, the Girl Guides Association released their “Girls’ Attitude Survey”. It’s uncomfortable reading. https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/globalassets/docs-and-resources/research-and-campaigns/girls-attitudes-survey-2016.pdf This isn’t a small insignificant survey. It was carefully constructed, with researchers carrying out interviews with over 1600 girls and young women between the … Continue reading
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The song from the theme tune of M*A*S*H says “Suicide is Painless”. Clearly, this is not the case. This week, the Office for National Statistics released data on UK suicides for 2014. It’s horrendous reading: 6122 suicides in the … Continue reading
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Another ‘new’ Ofsted Inspection Framework is being used in schools from September 2015. There’s some good news and some that we have concerns about, but let’s focus on the positives. This is the first time that Ofsted has given “personal … Continue reading
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You don’t have to search for too long on Google to find people writing about teacher stress. Recently there’s been an outpouring of media articles on the subject – and it shows no sign of decreasing. It’s the start of … Continue reading
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The wonderful BBC programme on family life – “Outnumbered” – this week gave us a particularly brilliant set of scenes featuring the head teacher of the secondary school that daughter Karen attends, and the young girl herself. If you’ve missed … Continue reading
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Those who responded to the government’s National Curriculum consultation might be feeling fairly aggrieved this week. We probably knew, as we spent considerable hours filling in the consultation documents, it was an exercise in futility – but if no response … Continue reading
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Ask most parents what they want for their children and the response is “to be happy”. Ask the same parents what “being happy” actually entails and you may get a vast array of responses. What we can all agree on, … Continue reading
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