A grammar school in Gloucestershire has struck upon a potential – and exciting – solution to help boost the attainment of poorer children. The incredibly popular Crypt School in Gloucester, which receives three applications for everyone place, is bidding to open a feeder primary school. Using Free School powers, it is applying for funding to…
If you’re a regular reader of my blogs you will not be surprised to learn that I very much welcome the government’s investment in expanding the number of grammar school places. You’ll also not be surprised to learn that I think this is only a step in the right direction. For those that decry that…
Now I’m no geneticist but it would stand to reason that even the most gifted children would still require a good education and a supportive family to reach their full potential. According to a report released this week genetics play a far bigger role in children achieving good GCSE results than the fact they attend…
Most people would have felt sympathy for Theresa May when her conference speech went so horribly wrong yesterday. But behind the headlines of the voice-loss and the ‘comedy’ invader was a speech that would have spluttered anyway – cough or no cough. It pains me to say but the Conservatives are letting the opposition dictate the…
So we’re waking up to the dreaded prospect of the coalition of chaos that Theresa May warned us of – and she’s only got herself to blame. And although many are celebrating her embarrassment I cannot see any joy in a country left with no decisive leadership. At a time when we are facing the…