@branwenjeffreys We've been helping parents navigate official data since 2014. We've simplified school choice for 20 million parents. This is a great initiative by Camden. https://t.co/GkQpWc0Onu
Kudos to Wilmington Grammar School for Boys & their inspiring teacher @D_Spizzle1 for leading the UK’s first bitcoin program!
The My First Bitcoin Diploma equips students with skills in digital finance & critical thinking.
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Today’s KS2 maths reasoning paper is a failure at a national level, one which will serve only to put pupils off maths.
There is nothing wrong with tough questions in maths. Mathematicians love the challenge of overcoming difficult problems.
But that’s not the same thing at all as questions that seek to confuse, mislead or hide meaning in meaningless, tiresome contexts.
Show a real mathematician a problem written by someone who is deliberately communicating badly or poking fun by being disingenuous and that mathematician will tell you to bugger off.
We’re in the business of grappling with and resolving genuinely interesting and important questions. We have no interest in silly, dull and ill conceived questions that lack meaning and intend to trip up.
So, an opportunity to show pupils what mathematics is and can be has been utterly wasted and instead we’ve just made it a lot less likely a nascent interest in becoming a mathematician will flourish for many, many pupils who will, quite rightly, reject the subject as tedious sleight of hand.
To those writing, signing off and publishing national exam papers: be better at your job or do something else.
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Happy Thursday! @SchoolGuideUK has awarded Kennet School a Certificate of Excellence based on our unwavering commitment to academic achievement, backed by official performance data. Huge thank you to our dedicated staff who consistently pursue excellence! #Proud
"In the midst of the worst shortage of maths teachers ever, where at least 1-in-7 classes are taught by non-specialists, the government say they want more maths taught to more students in the sixth form phase": great blog by @ASCL_UK's Kevin Gilmartin: https://t.co/XyccTGd9sE
New guidance on Mobile phones in schools drops today. I had some input onto this, and I think it’s really solid advice and direction. I go to a lot of schools, and phones are a really big problem in lots of them. https://t.co/HalszDwGsC
"Most parents who choose independent schools for their child are dual-income households who sacrifice to make this choice. They simply would not be able to afford the extra expense caused by a legal requirement to charge VAT on fees." @JulieR_isc, ISC CEO https://t.co/PTn1V6jDdI
A statement from His Majesty's Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, on the conclusion of the Coroner's inquest into the death of headteacher Ruth Perry: https://t.co/QWIB1nUuJ8
❗ Claims by the education secretary that children in a school affected by RAAC actually prefer learning in their new temporary 'portacabin' have been slammed as 'embarrassing'
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NEW Days before new school term more than ONE HUNDRED English schools are told to close buildings made with crumble-risk concrete https://t.co/SUskKfIoAP
Please read this piece. It is what I see as I visit schools & services for children around the country. Thank goodness for dedicated tenacious leaders like Mr Potts. Education & the services supporting children need to be a top national & Gov priority https://t.co/0xGu7RPoJY