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A fair crack of the whip to fulfil role
This article was first published in TES Whatever you think about academies, it seems that they are here to stay. Forty per cent of secondary schools have converted, or are in the process of converting to, academy status and, although …
Sutton Council raising the cap on primary class sizes
The Guardian reports that Sutton Council is spoiling for a fight with Education Secretary Michael Gove over its plans to raise the cap on primary class sizes to more than 30 pupils. The Chief Executive of Sutton Council Niall Bolger is …
Michael Gove’s speech at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College
Michael Gove go a bit hot under the collar yesterday morning according to Politics Home. The pace of his academies programme has resulted in some critics branding him an “ideologue” presiding over a massive shake-up of education with little regard for …
Education Act 2011 – part 2
All aspects of the Act are of interest to local government including student finance: local government wants all residents to succeed in their education and reach their potential irrespective of parental income or personal wealth. Listed below are specific issues …
Education Act 2011 – part 1
It is difficult to sum up a piece of legislation which contains so many issues. Ministers have repeatedly referred to four principles which underlie the legislation. One is specific to education relating to good student behaviour and discipline through improving …
Rate of Academy conversions slowing down
? Last week, the DfE published its monthly statistical brief on the number of Academy applications and conversions during the month of October. A DfE News has not been issued. Following the pace set in September, it looks like the number …
Transparency, what transparency?
John Fowler takes a sceptical look at the DfE’s transparency website.
James Review of Education Capital
The Review of Education Capital (pdf), led by Sebastian James was originally intended to produce an interim report in September, with a forward plan for the funding period by the end of 2010; that seems an unrealistic timescale, and it has …
Should history teachers be historians
The Conservative education spokesman, Michael Gove, is having a busy recess. He is putting out a press release a day. Today’s story is that only 76% of history teachers are historians. It caught my eye as a history graduate, who studied history …
