Blogs
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Trip Report: Ebbsfleet Academy, Swanscombe
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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Why we’re focusing on the History of Knowledge
Our Director Mark Lehain has written this blog to explain the thinking behind our new project… I’ve always been a believer in the great British holiday. The wonders of the…
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Trip Report: Saint Martin’s Catholic Academy, Stoke Golding
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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Why does knowledge matter?
Ian Bauckham from Bennett Memorial School in Tunbridge Wells has written this blog, which he has edited from a speech he gave at a recent event we held with The…
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The shame of school shaming
If you had to pick one, which of these schools would you say was worthier of criticism and public opprobrium? This one? A large number of pupils told inspectors that……
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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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