The cost of educating children with special educational needs is putting enormous pressure on council budgets. And there is one condition that is receiving a great deal of attention at the moment – attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is defined here as ‘a neurodevelopmental difference (that is, a difference in the way the brain develops as…
Well over 100,000 children in England are being home-schooled. A year ago, the figure was put at 111,700 – an increase of more than 20 per cent on 2023. A decade ago, there were just 34,000 children being home-schooled across the whole of the UK. The increase has been dramatic. There are many reasons why…
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson strikes again. Her latest wheeze is to introduce ‘V Levels’, which the government said will: “replace many existing qualifications, simplifying the current system and open up more high-quality routes for young people. “These reforms will make sure that whatever a student’s interests or strengths, whether academic, technical, or vocational, there’s a…
Evidence. It is something that we teachers encourage our students to find and weigh-up before coming to a conclusion. In science, if the evidence does not back the theory, the theory is wrong. Pretty basic stuff, you’d imagine. But not for our Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. She came into office with left-wing education theory, having…
Danny Finkelstein, writing recently in the Times, correctly reported on the improvement in schools in England. He noted how we had risen up the league tables in reading and maths – so much so that we are ‘attracting admiring visits from foreign policymakers keen to see what England is getting right.’ He praised the efforts…