Saturday, 30 April 2016

Letter to the DfE

Nicky Morgan talks rubbish about creativity to head teachers today

Thursday, 28 April 2016

Letter to me from teacher about SPaG test

Sunday, 24 April 2016

The test-crazy regime is based on treating our children as if they are machines.

PGCE student writes about how trainee teachers are feeling

Unqualified teachers in senior roles; principals on 2x head-teacher's salary...

10 points for you to use or discuss for a meeting on education

Friday, 22 April 2016

Nicky Morgan fesses up about what all the tests are really for

Ofsted screw up as they are trying to recruit

Nicky Morgan fluffs more of the rules she enforces

Satire on testing posted by Mark Ellse at 'Conservative Woman'.

Comment by someone at Guardian on 2016 testing disaster

Nick Gibb addressed the DfE this morning: transcript

Thursday, 21 April 2016

Yesterday's screw-up with the KS1 spelling test: my reaction

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Letters I received today telling me about DfE's mess-up with KS1 Spelling tests

Pupils are in fact meat.

The language of the powerful: 'low achievers', 'poor quality pupils'

Pupils of the future: more for some, less for others.

The secret's out: improve a failing school by throwing out 'poor quality' pupils!

Tuesday, 19 April 2016

White Paper says local authorities will 'ensure' academies take every child. How?

Testing? In the new world of academies, testing will be 'The Curriculum'.

Monday, 18 April 2016

Good writing, bad writing...how about the problem of 'over writing'?

Notes for helping children write

Saturday, 16 April 2016

In sympathy with Year 2 and Year 6 teachers

Noun phrases are getting bigger and bigger and harder and harder to understand...

Why SPaG is nasty and dangerous

Dear union leaders, your predecessors, education, how the Tories are stealing it

How doing antonyms is a throwback to the 11 plus and the 1950s

Friday, 15 April 2016

How SPaG ends up testing children's home life

Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Boy and Grandad on train in great linguistic moment

Monday, 11 April 2016

Reading aloud is not necessarily 'reading'.

Sunday, 10 April 2016

Cameron thought he was off-mike....

Cameron. Boris. Daily Mail. Money. Wooden Blocks. Towers. Tumble. Your Turn.

Saturday, 9 April 2016

How to get 'grammar' wrong in primary schools

Friday, 8 April 2016

My company Glaremore will help you pay no tax...

Do determiners determine? Are they like nouns, verbs, adverbs or carrots?

People are asking me how would I teach writing...

Question Time - a lesson in why we don't need to worry about tax or inequality.

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