Category Archives: Education

The Government didn’t have children, YOU DID

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Les

Should be going to bed but am incensed at what I’ve just heard on Question Time. A Woman actually said “It is the Government’s job to educate our children”. No madam, it is not. It is absolutely, NOT. It is YOUR job. Governments … Continue reading →

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Parents to vote out management teams

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Les

Good grief. Labour are at it again. This time it’s the even more bonkers than usual suggestion that parents should be given the right to “vote out” the senior management teams of failing schools and “vote in” the senior management … Continue reading →

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Faith Schools

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Les

This story from the BBC seems to highlight what to me seems an intractable problem with faith schools and religiosity in general. Is anybody really surprised that the report commissioned by Ed Balls found that schools from faiths with opposing … Continue reading →

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Johnny Ball – Mathemagician

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Les

So, I took my six year old son to the Cheltenham Literature festival again last weekend, this time for an audience with Johnny Ball. Who is Johnny Ball? Those of you of a certain age will remember him from the … Continue reading →

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