Covid-19 , Social Distancing and the 11-plus
The September 2020 11-plus tests are likely to be the only form of nationally sanctioned, high stakes tests taking place anywhere in ... Read more
Why 11-plus school systems need a health warning
By Jo Bartley It’s not a typical career path to go from marketing online poker to campaigning to stop the 11-plus. But ... Read more
Why grammar schools should go
By Torrin Wilkins The other day I interviewed an aspiring teacher on the UK’s complex and often disjointed education system as part ... Read more
Testing, Testing: the Corbyn question
By David Chaytor 2020 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of ‘Half Way There’, the outstanding report by Caroline Benn ... Read more
The language of power and the grammar school debate
I once stood in a station queue the day before the school term started, as parents and children sorted out travel passes. ... Read more
Take part in the Labour Party’s National Policy Forum Consultation
The Labour Party’s National Policy Forum Consultation 2019 is considering local accountability within the National Education Service. We have responded to the ... Read more
The father of the 11-plus: the sorry tale of Cyril Burt
Why on earth do we still have the 11-plus? An education system, which splits children up when they are so young and ... Read more
Kent’s ‘satellite’ grammar school is educationally damaging, socially divisive and morally dubious.
By Phil Karnarvas ‘Contrary to the common good’ and ‘stuffed full of middle class kids’, grammar schools are educationally damaging, socially divisive ... Read more
Community schools for all
By Alastair Lichten Our Future Thoughts series of articles are opinion pieces designed to provoke debate, they represent the views of the author and ... Read more
Pardoning the Thanksgiving Turkey … and Social mobility
By Dr. Alan Bainbridge Our Future Thoughts series of articles are opinion pieces designed to provoke debate, they represent the views of ... Read more