Using the percentage point increase makes it look bad. Using the percentage increase and it was about 10% in both private schools and in comprehensives (in other words for every 10 As that each type … (View Post)

Depends on the size of the group and how varied they are, but I would struggle once the numbers got much past ten. I’m surprised just how badly this has gone, in part because I don’t have the faith t… (View Post)

It is often forgotten that the term meritocracy was originally coined as a term of abuse. (View Post)

It is flexible, but on the down side: teachers can (and all too often do) decide to go off and do something else. (View Post)

The supply of teachers is highly flexible as huge numbers of us decide to go and do something else instead. Those who go into the independent sector would often decide to do something other than teac… (View Post)