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How do we rate schools?

How do we rate schools?

The death of Caversham Primary School headteacher Ruth Perry is a tragedy of huge proportions. This is of particular poignancy if the results of the Ofsted inspection about her Reading school led to her suicide. But there has been no inquest yet and only after that inquiry will we know the full circumstances surrounding her…

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Our children are being subjected to propaganda

Our children are being subjected to propaganda

Young children in Britain are being exposed to material that is completely inappropriate and unsuitable. We have learned that in Wales, seven-year-olds have been told that they might be a ‘mixed berry gender fluid muffin’. Aside from the sheer absurdity of the notion, these trendy theories have little or no academic evidence to support them.…

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BBC Radio 5 & BBC News South London interviews on the benefits of a Grammar School in every town (21 February 2023)

BBC Radio 5 & BBC News South London interviews on the benefits of a Grammar School in every town (21 February 2023)

I was interviewed this morning on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC News South London. In the BBC Radio 5 Live interview I discussed: * The merits of having a Grammar School in every town; * How wealthier parents are able to purchase properties in better comprehensives – biasing children whose parents who are not…

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