Latest Blogs & News
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Open Letter Regarding Exclusions
The issue of exclusions in schools is important and rightly up for discussion, but some recent coverage has been misinformed, misguided and unhelpful to the causes of safety and standards…
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My Experience of Smartphones in Schools
Luke St Clair, who has recently been with us on work experience, shares his thoughts and experiences on the debate around smartphones in schools: Many people in the education sector…
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Why I’m a Fan of the New ELGs
Chris Wilkins, executive headteacher at The St Ninian Catholic Federation in Carlisle, has written this blog for us: We should talk more about early years. That will probably horrify some…
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Alex Wynter: The publicity on the new GCSEs could hardly have been worse
Alex Wynter, a parent of a 16-year-old and supporter of PTE, has written this blog for us: The two great pillars of educational reform of the past two decades are…
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Trip Report: Queen Elizabeth’s Academy, Mansfield
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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My Visit to Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
Nicholas Marshall, Associate Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, has written this guest blog for us on his visit to Great Yarmouth Charter Academy… It was because of a conversation and…
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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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