Blogs

Why Teach Your Own Country’s History? A speech by Professor Robert Tombs
On the 25th February 2017, West London Free School hosted their first ever History Teaching Conference. Organised by Louis Everett, the event had several excellent speakers, including our own Hywel…
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Learning: to follow a track
Jonathan Porter, Head of Humanities at Michaela Community School, has penned this wonderful blog for us… learn (v.) – Old English ‘leornian’, ‘to get knowledge, to be cultivated’. From the…
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A Response to George Monbiot
Our Campaign Manager Mike Burke has penned the following response to George Monbiot’s article in The Guardian today: George Monbiot in today’s Guardian effectively argues that schools teaching a rigorous knowledge-based curriculum…
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Extra-Curriculars for UCAS Applications
It’s never too early to start thinking about a potential UCAS application, but it’s also never too late to try to improve one (unless it has already been submitted!). One…
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How to get into University
Barnaby Lenon has produced this wonderful video on how to get into university, comprehensively talking you through the application process and breaking down the steps you need to take. If…
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It’s time for the Government to refocus its efforts on the free schools movement
Our founder Rachel De Souza has written an article for The Telegraph about the next steps that the education reform movement must take. In it, she makes the point that…
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Some Interesting Notes from the Pisa Results
Now the dust has settled on The OECD’s massive Pisa report, it is worth looking at some of the interesting issues that you may have missed. The report – released…
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A Centralised Detention System
No teacher, no matter how inspiring or well-versed, can get their students to reach their maximum potential if a classroom is consistently disrupted by poor behaviour. This isn’t necessarily referring…
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The Grand Tour: Political Philosophy
Martin Robinson is a leading educationalist and author, having most recently published Trivium 21c in 2013 and Trivium in Practice in 2016. Prior to this he spent twenty years in various…
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