It's not going to attract everyone, for the reasons you set out. It's certainly not going to attract me with a wife and three kids and a nice suburban house and ageing parents and an aversi… (View Post)

No doubt the vfm in state schools is better if you measure purely by results, but that's because a lot of what you pay for at private schools goes on non-academic things it's difficult to q… (View Post)

The thing is with education is that everyone has had one, and many people who have had children are experiencing it a second time. One of the reasons I feel sorry for teachers is that they work in a … (View Post)

Can I step in here, because I nearly waded in earlier on this? I think this is simply a case of using different terms. HYUFD is not including in the definition of 'comprehensive' any school… (View Post)

You're trying to blame the Conservative Party for this? What about Schofield - was that the Tories too? (View Post)