At the weekend we opened up to public view our internal Multi-Academy Trust database on our site here. A number of people have asked why we did this, and a number have asked how. So here goes. We provide online tools to MATs so we need to know who our customers are likely to be.… Read More WYSIWYG
We need more school places. That’s a simple fact. These places will come from either the expansion of existing schools, or by the building of new schools. That’s a statement of the bleeding obvious. If money is tight then expansion should only occur in areas where there is need for more school places. That’s fiscal common… Read More Everything else is politics
Solutions to problems aren’t always obvious. By that I mean mathematically modelled solutions to real life problems. This image of my favourite book from my university operations research course perhaps illustrates that I have some understanding in this area. I was particularly struck recently by this article which looks at how UPS (in the US)… Read More You turn if you want to, the truck is not for turning (left)
If you set up a school in a area where there is no need for more school places. If the local population don’t want it. If you allow a group of people who have no experience in running a school to start one. If you allow that group to outsource the running of the school… Read More If…
There is no limit to what can be accomplished if it doesn’t matter who gets the credit Ralph Waldo Emerson In the interests of full disclosure I’ll start by saying that I know a couple of people involved with Free Schools very well. One is a Headteacher, the other a founder of a Free School.… Read More Succeeding is better than #winning
Distant Ramblings on the Horizon 