As students enter that delightful but short-lived period of exam relief how many students have mixed emotions? Did they perform well; give their best, glad that finally it is all over! Buried amongst the range of emotions is one that should be shouted by all students from the rooftops. Did I receive the best education […]

The latest educational initiative to provide all infant schoolchildren with a free school meal will have a huge impact on most primary  schools operational budget. Essentially no school had budgeted for such a project and its significant cost will rob other projects.
In biblical parlance this is robbing Peter to pay Paul. Educational budgets set to […]

Academic qualifications prove an individuals ability to learn and achieve. Decades ago gaining a good job relied on experience and a good education at secondary or higher levels. Those going to university were the exception. In the past 20 years this has spun around with the majority of graduates at University claiming their degree was […]

The teaching unions are aghast at the appearance of unqualified teachers in the school classroom. Whilst the union’s position is vital to maintain some form of control and prevent backdoor structural changes, there has to be some give-and-take. The ails of the national health service illustrates what can go wrong if effective control is lost […]

The world of education is never static. The dynamics induced by the Department of education initiatives that are quickly followed by teaching union reaction, generally negative, creates a state of educational flax that induces stress and a huge loss of teaching time. The losers; the schoolchildren are stuck firmly in the middle.
Despite a realisation that […]

One of the greatest concerns to any parent is the need to provide the very best education for their children. This can prove to be a nightmare involving gaining admission to an ideal school and an educational programme provided by the best teachers. Unfortunately this can prove to be a tortuous path and many parents feel […]

The world of education is in turmoil once again. If we are not scrutinising exam results or introducing yet another initiative we are presented with investigations highlighting the morals of teachers, this time in independent schools.

The vast majority of us passed through the schooling system relatively unscathed. Whether we ultimately realised our full […]

Some time ago the keen2learn blog highlighted a concern over the long-term effect of student borrowings and the ability to repay the debt. Taking the USA as the benchmark, where college and university educational fees have been the norm for decades, some startling facts emerge that should be reviewed in the UK.
The Department for Education […]

History often repeats itself, as the saying goes, and this also includes the world of education. Our teaching resources are again met with a significant change this time in the exam pass grading structure of the GCSE. The proposal to revert back to a numerical system to denote the pass grade gives a greater indication […]

The strikes by the teaching resources in our schools, apart from depleting the schooling content of students, are creating a backlash with the public. Parents having to fund childcare or take time off work to care for the displaced schoolchildren are hard pressed to find support for the teaching unions actions.
The schooling of children is […]