Education Secretary urges teachers to submit proposals to Covid inquiry after defending Gavin Williamson’s knighthood
He admitted his stance “isn’t universally popular”. In the same interview, he said the closure of schools was a “mistake”. Pointing to both learning losses and the…
Would teachers stop the police strip-searching your child?
Outrage. Disbelief. Revulsion. I’m not sure how else Hackney parents like me can describe our visceral response when we learnt about the degrading treatment meted out to…
Scottish students give their education a failing grade, as SNP announces more reforms
Only half of secondary pupils think their education needs are being met in Scotland’s classrooms, according to a damning official survey published as SNP ministers unveiled another…
As schools struggle with rising Covid levels, families like mine fear more exam chaos
A GCSE examiner in the South East of England told me that with disruption set to continue over the coming months, he no longer believes public exams…
What home schooling does to your children, at every age
Uncertainty. The feeling we thought we had put to bed for a long overdue nap is back and it’s turbocharged, thanks to the arrival of the omicron…
What will happen if schools are forced to shut again
Last Wednesday, as Messrs Johnson, Vallance and Whitty addressed the nation wearing their doom-faces and calling yet again for “the slides”, Nadhim Zahawi, the Education Secretary, was…
Why our children’s handwriting is in crisis
“This is a big problem for my almost 10-year old,” says one mother. “When they sent two years’ worth of his books back together, the deterioration was…