A quarter of a century after Tony Blair began the process to get half of youngsters into university, the latest Labour government is being lobbied by the education sector to get even more young people into post-school education. Universities UK (UUK) wants 70 per cent of school-leavers to carry on learning after they leave school…
Labour and the unions are preparing to damage our education system and harm our children. It has been reported that the new government wants to reduce testing and move away from learning times tables and basic grammar. This will be disastrous. Since the new syllabus – which I advised on – was introduced in 2014,…
In 1982 the A Level pass rate was 68.2 per cent. By 2001 it was 89.9 per cent. This year it is just shy of 100 per cent. Amazing isn’t it how much cleverer students are today? Or is it due to the sheer brilliance of teachers? Of course, neither is true, it is down…
Here we go again. A new government has vowed to shake up what is taught in schools. A feminist professor, Becky Francis, has been appointed to ‘breathe new life’ into an ‘outdated’ curriculum and a new education secretary wants to stamp her mark on the system. It is worth noting here that England has been…
The last government in its dying months published guidance for the teaching of Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) in schools. It was prompted by stories of inappropriate materials being used, ‘sexuality’ being taught to youngsters and gender ideology being promoted in the classroom. It set down ages at which children should be taught particular…