Latest Blogs & News
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We need a rethink on disadvantaged students
Claire Heald, Executive Principal at Jane Austen College, has written this blog for us… In 2016, 27.7% of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were disadvantaged. This is…
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Forming the Curriculum
Curriculum (re-)design is again in fashion, as inspectors and inspected alike recognise what should have always been obvious: that what we teach is equally as fundamental, likely more so, than…
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PTE Conference: What makes great schools great?
PTE is hosting its first ever conference, where we aim to discuss and debate some of the great educational issues of the day. We will be hosting three panels on…
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Mark Lehain announced as new Campaign Director
Parents and Teachers for Excellence are delighted to announce that Mark Lehain, founder of Bedford Free School, will be joining the organisation as Campaign Director. Mark was previously a member…
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Contesting the Canon
Michael Merrick has written a brilliant blog for his website titled ‘Contesting the Canon’. If you look in the comments, you’ll notice that E D Hirsch, one of the greatest…
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How two changes to exams took the joy, and the learning, out of our classrooms
Former Maths teacher David Thomas has written this wonderful blog for us: Two trends have dominated how British exams have changed over recent decades: they have become more high-stakes, and…
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Professionalising teaching through knowledge-based pedagogy
Ian Bauckham from Bennett Memorial School in Tunbridge Wells has written this blog on knowledge-based pedagogy… The recent Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy review (https://www.tscouncil.org.uk/modern-foreign-languages-report/) which I chaired in 2016 has…
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A Response to Charlotte Gill
Our Campaign Manager Mike Burke has written a piece in response to Charlotte Gill’s article in The Guardian today… Charlotte Gill has today written a piece for The Guardian titled Music education is…
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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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