Projects

We work on a variety of different projects at any one time, covering different aspects of school life and a child’s education. Here, you can see what we’re up to, as well as some of what we want to look at in the future.

Stop School Shaming
We all know the kinds of stories this refers to – where a disgruntled pupil and/or their parent has gone to the media about something a school has done that…
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Phone-Free Schools
There’s no doubting the benefits that smartphones have brought to their owners. That said, we know that schools function best with as few distractions as possible – and it’s hard…
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The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years was a curriculum conference that was held in central London on Saturday 26th January 2019, with the aim of helping attendees to discuss what a knowledge-based curriculum…
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Should Smartphones be in Schools?
The issue of smartphones in schools is increasingly coming to a head. Politicians, education professionals and researchers have all weighed in in recent times with their views over whether smartphones…
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Is ’Good’ Behaviour Good Enough?
The vast majority of schools in England today are judged by Ofsted as having ‘good’ behaviour, and yet we also know that student behaviour is one of the most commonly…
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A Brief History of the Knowledge Curriculum in England
This project will seek to chart the history of ‘the knowledge curriculum movement’ in England, studying both the academics that formed the core ideas and the people on the ground…
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Music for All in Every School
Music can change people’s lives. It doesn’t have to become a career, or even a long-term hobby; just being exposed to it, and having the opportunity to play it, can…
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Turning Up
Late last year, I was asked to go on the radio to discuss a school attendance campaign run by East Sussex County Council. It had, shall we say, ruffled quite…
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