From the coalface II – Plymouth Challenge …
I came across an idea that All Saints Academy Plymouth is introducing …. this kind of thing is indicative of the kid of school to school sharing that takes […]
March 2016
Stop telling Porkies
r.e. Teacher Recruitment.
Dear Nicky Morgan,
Following this week’s budget and your subsequent […]
A little bit every day – APRIL 2016
The “page to a sheet” of questions that I put together for March in this post, seems to have been very well […]
To the new Chief Regulator at Ofqual
So Glenys Stacey has (or is just about to) finished her time with Ofqual and if the DFE have their […]
What we know and what we don’t – THE FACTS!
EDIT 28th MARCH 2017 – Given the news today -> TES report here about the change to accountability measures this post is now outdated!! I will […]
I wish I could keep my gob shut – a “good” pass!
This evening has been one of the most frustrating I’ve had in a long time. I’ve been distracted and I can feel my blood pressure rising; today was MathsConf6 and from […]
Oqual Teacher Focus Groups
A contact sent this through to me to share with fellow teachers. In the body of the email forwarded to me it mentions that the aim is to “elicit […]
A suggestion for DFE …
It seems apt given both the financial situation schools are finding themselves in but also the recruitment issue to point out that we’re STILL doing our bit. At the start of […]
A little bit every day …
Here in Warwickshire we’re in the shortest half term I have ever experienced – it’s a “4-weeker”. It hasn’t been helped by me being off sick today and yesterday for the […]
February 2016
Resits …
My thoughts recently have been concerned with resits of one form or another, both at either end of the 11 -16 age spectrum. So not only are we dealing […]
