The betrayal of the Covid lost generation continues
Under Covid restrictions, British children spent more time out of school than anywhere else in Europe, save Italy. The harm this has inflicted upon an entire generation…
We got Mary Whitehouse wrong: in many ways she was a force for good
And the thing is she was often right. The lunacy of the Paedophile Information Exchange, something that could only have been dreamt up in the 1970s and…
We got Mary Whitehouse wrong: in many ways she was a force for good
And the thing is she was often right. The lunacy of the Paedophile Information Exchange, something that could only have been dreamt up in the 1970s and…
Resist the ‘progressive’ attack on phonics
I always feared that, when I stopped being a minister at the Department for Education, the proponents of “progressive” education would begin their counterattack. The school reforms…
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…
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…
Why is school food all so… beige?
She also says she’s seen a real change in the way that the staff relate to their work. “When stuff comes in vacuum packed, you’re very removed…
Important life lessons are taught at a nativity play – schools throw these away at their peril
To say I was anxious was an understatement. As I sat on the hard wooden chairs of a slightly stuffy assembly hall, my hands were clammy as…
Will school Scrooges put paid to children’s Nativity dreams?
One of the sweetest joys of the festive season is the Nativity play. I feel deeply nostalgic for the time when I had to find a stripey…