Year: 2018
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Trip Report: Phoenix Academy, West London
At PTE we like to visit schools up and down the country. We feel it’s important to get a feel of how schools work in certain areas, what unique challenges…
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A ban on smartphones in schools? En Marche!
Alex Wynter, a parent and supporter of PTE, has written this blog for us: Earlier this month an article on US ‘tech-free’ schools appeared in The Times by the paper’s Los Angeles correspondent that…
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Trip Report: The St Ninian Catholic Federation, Carlisle
At PTE we like to visit schools up and down the country. We feel it’s important to get a feel of how schools work in certain areas, what unique challenges…
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PTE’s 2018 Workplan
Last year saw an awful lot of changes in the education world – both on the front-line and at the political level. Among many other things, there were new exams…
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Reflections Of An Ex-Principal
Four-and-a-half months ago I left the Principal’s office at Bedford Free School for the last time. I took with me two carrier bags’ worth of stuff and an awful lot…
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In Defence of Textbooks
Alex Wynter, a parent and supporter of PTE, has written this blog in response to an op-ed in TES by Joe Nutt from a few days ago. You can read…
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