Just as you think some kind of consensus has emerged to let things be in the NHS for the moment, another bombshell comes along. ‘Localise where possible, centralise where necessary’, runs the catchy slogan to the latest reform package aimed at the NHS. The report, undertaken by Sir Ara Darzi, the new junior health minister,… [Read More]
It will take some time to unpick the latest additions and subtractions of the National Curriculum. But the main theme this round seems to be lowering children’s horizons. More compulsory elements of the History Curriculum have been axed, reduced down to essentials like the Glorious Revolution in order to tie into the requirement for pupils… [Read More]
According to a report in today’s Times, the Public Accounts Committee has condemned the government for having ‘left itself “financially exposed” over the 2012 Olympic Games and at risk of letting costs spiral put of control’. The basis for its charge has been the government’s having let the original Olympic budget treble to £9 billion.… [Read More]
Today we hear from the BBC that a well-known and highly successful private girls’ school, Colston Girls’ School in Bristol, is taking steps to move into the state sector.
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As a comment response to Wellington Grey’s plea to AQA to save Physics as a body of knowledge rather than a series of opinions developed by a mass media consensus, Dr Debbie Barnett wrote: I am also a Science teacher, and although not a Physicist, I share your despair at the diluting of Science in… [Read More]
So far the country has been most fortunate not to have suffered any fatalities as a result of the latest wave of violent extremism to have descended upon it. We cannot yet know, however, whether all those involved in the violence have yet been rounded up. continued on the Centre for Social Cohesion blog.
As Blair prepared his goodbyes this week, we’ve been looking at his record in schools. Our verdict? Improved results denote a decline in standards. Have a look at the full report which examines the ways in which results have been boosted, here.
Being desperate to stop the radicalisation of British-born Muslims, the government turned for expert advice on how best they may be taught about Islam so that they would learn that only moderate versions of their religion were, if not authentic, then at least palatable. continued on the Centre for Social Cohesion blog.
A new online briefing released today by Civitas looks in detail at statistics relating to government performance on waiting times, in particular those recently released on the 18-week referral to treatment target. It argues that a number of statistics hidden in the data suggest the NHS has a massive, and probably insurmountable, challenge to meet… [Read More]