IN MEMORIAM, RUTH PERRY Ruth Perry, a Head Teacher at a Primary School in Surrey took her own life – … More
Category: Education and Politics
Soviet-style schooling in England
We don’t live in a Soviet state – so why do we have a state-mandated curriculum with a command-and-control, state-planned … More
Would you want to live in Nadhim Zahawi’s world?
Ok – so who’s Nadhim Zahawi? He is the UK Secretary of State (Minister) for Education. Recently he was the … More
Racism in policing is the problem: its ‘eradication’ is not the solution
As long ago as 2004, working with the Home Office to redesign National Police Probationer Training, I provided a briefing paper on the … More
A democratic alternative to Ofsted
Think of what it takes to provide a good education to hundreds of young people in your charge. Some do … More