The share of children receiving SEND support has nearly doubled in a decade, with spending set to reach £21 billion by 2029, according to an IFS report. Some numbers from the report: One-in-twenty (5.2 per cent) pupils aged under 16 in England have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). This share has almost doubled…
… and here’s what should happen. When then Prime Minister Tony Blair declared that he wanted 50 per cent of school leavers to go to university I held my head in despair. It was argued that as graduates earned so much more money than non-graduates we ought to send more youngsters to university – then…
A recent poll for the NEU (National Education Union) has shown a massive collapse in support for Labour, but a huge leap for the Greens. The NEU is the biggest teaching union. The poll asked for teachers’ voting intentions compared with how respondents voted in the last general election. Predictably it shows vast support for…
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…
The disaster of this government’s education policies is beginning to be realised – but far worse is to come. We now know – thanks to The Times – that 13,000 children have deserted private sector schools in 2024-2025 – way more than the 3,000 anticipated by the government. The list of schools closing grows longer…