BBC News – Family & Education- Opening schools a national priority, says governmentSchools Minister Nick Gibb says schools and families will have two weeks' notice for reopening.
- Poor white teens in 'left behind' towns not going to uniWatchdog warns of low university chances for white working class youths in former industrial towns.
- 'Knackered and confused.' That's just the parentsThe lack of certainty about schools returning is fraying the exhausted nerves of parents.
- Covid: Oldham school to withdraw places for lockdown-breach pupilsSeveral pupils at the school admitted visiting other households, breaking Covid-19 lockdown rules.
- Covid: Schools will be told of reopening plans 'as soon as we can'Boris Johnson says he understands parents' frustrations but the infection rate is "still very high".
- Covid: Teachers 'not at higher risk' of death than averageThe highest-risk job roles were in restaurants, care work and manufacturing.
- Opening schools a national priority, says government
Monthly Archives: February 2012
“Schoolchildren taught ‘tick-box’ poetry” Sir Andrew Motion
I read this article in The Times last week and it resonated with my own thoughts. I have been increasingly worried with the senior English students I see at Kip McGrath Ashford, not with them, but how the English curriculum … Continue reading
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Being a Teacher! (part1)
In my previous blog I highlighted the question “Is your child’s tutor qualified to teach?” The feedback I received came in two broad categories; those that had made the assumption that every tutor was a qualified teacher, and those that … Continue reading
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Are you qualified to teach my child?
Sally and I have run our Kip McGrath centre in Ashford for nearly eight years, and the question at the top of my blog has only been asked by a handful of parents in that time. In a way, I’m … Continue reading
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