When the King recently appeared on the popular TV show The Repair Shop – recorded when he was still the Prince of Wales – he lamented the lack of vocational education in schools. And I agree with him and have been banging this drum for years. I hope because it is Charles III saying it,…
A new study has ‘discovered’ that children’s academic progress suffered as a result of the policies introduced because of the pandemic. Also ‘discovered’ is that the Pope is Catholic, and the place where bears go to the toilet has been identified. It does not need a Covid Social Mobility and Opportunities Study to show how…
Tony Blair has a cheek by saying A Levels and GCSEs should be scrapped. He was responsible for eroding the standards in schools, so perhaps his latest foray into education policy is his plan to finish the job he began as Prime Minister? He should pipe down. The former PM wants exams replaced with assessments.…
We are now in the middle of exam results season and I’m afraid it’s a big FAIL for A Levels. The system is failing us all; students, universities and employers. This year A Levels had a pass rate of 98.4 per cent – just 1.6 per cent failing. A whopping 36.4 per cent of grades…
Having seen its once-lauded educational standards eroded by progressive teaching methods, Scotland could soon see them fall even further. A resolution to be made at the SNP’s party conference will call on the government to delay children starting at ‘big school’ until they are six. It wants instead to add another year of statutory play-based…