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There is a lot to celebrate after another year of good A-level results. For many families all over the country, there is great sigh of relief and great optimism for the future. Really, there are three parties involved in achieving educational success – the student themselves, their parents and their teachers. There is a great…
A new sub-species has just been discovered on Earth…..Homo sapiens facebookensis. This creature looks for all intents and purposes like a humanoid, but with a mobile phone (most often a Samsung or an Apple) surgically fused to their hand. If for any reason, the phone is separated from the rest of the body, Homo sapiens…
Hurrah – the dragon is slain – Mr Gove – the education secretary has gone and we teachers can now have a jolly good party! Is that really true? It really depends on how you look at things – as a parent or as a teacher. Are parents really interested in all the politics or…
So now another World Cup has come and gone. Well done to Germany, who were clearly the best side. Arguably it was one of the best World Cups of all time, with record numbers of goals and end-to- end action. Germany beat Brazil 7-1, sending a whole nation into despair. Australia’s Tim Cahill’s volley against…
In 1993 (although it feels more like 1893!), I had been teaching Biology for about 8 years, when I decided to take a Diploma in Management at Portsmouth University. It was a real eye-opener as I was the only person on the course who worked in Education. There were all sorts of people on the…
Striking Problems More than a fifth of England’s schools were closed on Thursday 10th July 2014 during a strike by the National Union of Teachers, according to government figures. The NUT said most schools had been completely or partially closed. Schools were closed across England and Wales. Many parents had to find emergency childcare…
The whole nation is once again looking forward to that time of the year in which we see Images of smiling teenagers in the newspaper, with TV pictures) showing delighted young people screaming and expressing how unbelievably well they’ve done in the summer examinations. As we are now in the spring, what lies in between…
Are students in grammar schools better behaved or are private schools the solution? I have had the privilege of having taught in all the three main types of school – Comprehensive, Grammar School and Independent (fee paying) schools and in my opinion grammar schools are really good. I found them inspiring to teach in as…
Is the standard of behaviour better in some schools? Considering that there are around 4,000 secondary schools in the state sector in Britain – ranging from comprehensives to academies and grammar schools – not to talk of special schools, it would be foolish to think that the standard of behaviour is the same in all…
Teaching can be such pleasure and extremely rewarding In my years of teaching at a grammar school and largely the top set and the sixth form in good comprehensive schools, teaching was a joy as the boys and girls were on the whole, very bright and it is such a delight to interact and lead…
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