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
The first assembly I attended as a teacher was for the new intake of Year 9’s (lower/middle/upper system) given by our Deputy Head Richard Morris. Now I’m not that brilliant at remembering things from that long ago but many of his words that day stayed with me and informed not just my teaching but how… Read More Primum non nocere
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 