After three years, two court cases, endless emails, and a new interpretation of the law to try and stop it, the Department for Education have been ordered - yet again - to provide me information about free schools. The independent commissioner … Read More
Jeremy Corbyn wants to renationalise the trains and make them into 'The People's Railways'. It's a natty name. Lucy Powell has said that she would like to bring schools back into local oversight, and some have leapt to the conclusion that this … Read More
Yesterday I got on the Central Line tube at Oxford Circus, one of the busiest parts of London, just minutes after a downpour started. The carriage was sticky and warm, and quiet. I sat on a mostly empty row of seats. … Read More
"The Education Secretary reveals she has ordered a wide-ranging inquiry into the impact of mass migration on state schools, as tens of thousands of parents struggle to find school places for their children. " Those are the words in a Telegraph … Read More
Before the election there was a lot of fuss about Conservative co-chair Grant Shapps. Did he deny having a second job? Did he change wikipedia entries about himself? And who the heck is Michael Green? Whatever was true or not - and … Read More
It was with great regret that I couldn't attend an Education Media Centre event last week at the University of Durham. I'd been looking forward to it for months, but with the news breaking about the PM's school asking for … Read More
Yesterday I went to a concert with my other half. It started about 4pm. Five minutes after we arrived the row in front, behind and to our left filled up with young people who looked like they'd been imported in from … Read More
In October, education secretary Nicky Morgan launched the 'Workload Challenge' - a consultation with teachers about their work burden and would could be done to reduce it. The Department for Education tweeted the hell out of it and made a thing … Read More
This year's #nurture1415 blog challenge involves listing 5 highlights of the year and 5 hopes for the next. Right, well... here goes. The Highlights 1. Being opposed in court by the Department for Education That sounds weird, I know. It didn't feel particularly good … Read More
A single rule plagues the land of blogging: White’s Law - The number of people who read your work is usually inverse to either (a) time spent on it, or (b) your level of pride about it. So every year I write a … Read More