Structural fixedness and its impact on innovation monkeys

Judging from the feedback I get, if you could find the average school somewhere in the country and asked what had happened to their budget over the last three years you would get the answer “unchanged”. That’s not a real terms unchanged, but a cash unchanged, including the impact of Pupil Premium. There have been… Read More Structural fixedness and its impact on innovation monkeys

Education: Complexity and coherence

The more you think about education, particularly the secondary sector, the more complex it gets. There are around 3.5 million students in secondary school, each with different backgrounds, capabilities and needs. There are already a significant number of different types of school to meet these needs. There are maintained schools and private schools (students split roughly 93%… Read More Education: Complexity and coherence