Yes. Those who have suffered the most in the budget are those who cannot, for whatever reason, work, or work few hours and can't increase them. They have been well and truly shafted. They don�… (View Post)

Yes. If you were a Cambridge admissions tutor for history, who has the most potential? The candidate with an A* from Eton, or the w/c candidate with an A* from Bootle comprehensive? Hard to tell, but… (View Post)

It's not really. So many candidates in private schools now get A*A*A* that if Oxbridge wanted to fill all their places with them then they could easily do so. But would that be selecting those w… (View Post)

There have been several efforts to recruit more males into primary school teaching, particularly in the Blair/Brown years, when the Teacher Development Agency (as it then was) ran campaigns to attrac… (View Post)

Yes, it's interesting isn't it? Reeves is now a star, apparently - though she's been around a good while. Phillipson's rise is even more spectacular - from 'never heard of he… (View Post)