This week has been an interesting one. The Guardian has revealed the risk of a talent drain of the UK’s teachers predicated by the Government stealing our pensions, creating a monster that is out of control called OFSTED and people generally being mean to us. This Is leading to unprecedented levels of stress. My dilemma… [Read more…]
April 15, 2012
Today two newspapers, the Independent and the Daily Mail report that the Deputy PM is determined to ensure that the most disadvantaged children in society will receive 15 hours of free child care. This is either means that “Taxpayers will have to fork out £1 billion for Nick Clegg’s ‘obsession’ to create a ‘nanny state’… [Read more…]
February 17, 2012
If you use the information in this post, please make a donation to a charity close to my heart: Farms for City Children (set up by Michael & Clare Morpurgo) Application forms for primary teaching jobs are all fairly standard, and will need to be accompanied by a Supporting Statement or Letter of Application. Although… [Read more…]
January 22, 2012
Two blogs in one day: I just spotted this as someone’s twitter avatar. It relates to this article in the Guardian and this press release by OfSTED. 3000 schools serving 1,000,000 have sustained performance of ‘satisfactory’ through two consecutive inspections. Translation: 1,000,000 children are in the care of professionals who do not aspire to be good.… [Read more…]
January 7, 2012
I just read a really interesting post on Kevin Mc laughlin’s blog, you need to read that first to get the context, below is my response, putting the other point of view. I am proud to be a teacher and a member of the profession. My most fervent wish is that we were a perfect… [Read more…]
May 14, 2012
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