It strikes me that even if Sunak achieves each of his five pledges (halving inflation, debt falling, economy growing, waiting lists down, fewer small boats) it's highly likely that all five meas… (View Post)

"There ain't no Black in the Union Jack" is a book by Paul Gilroy, a renowned historian and social commentator, about black culture in the UK. Pretty useful on a teaching course for te… (View Post)

Maybe Sunak has a cunning plan. Compulsory lifelong learning in mathematics will lead to a decrease in life expectancy (I can't cope with this), and large-scale emigration (I'm off if I hav… (View Post)

Spot on. And that's why the compulsory GCSE resit for 16-18 year-olds has been such a failure. It takes extraordinarily talented teachers to motivate 16/17 year-olds to attend classes and work h… (View Post)

On maths, I think there's some lack of knowledge about the current situation. 1. GCSE maths (resit) is already compulsory for all students who at age 16 have not achieved a 'pass' (gra… (View Post)