Brampton Manor does very well, and so it should. It selects those with excellent GCSE results, and turns them into excellent A-level results. Even more impressive are those schools and colleges where… (View Post)

Spot on. I would add that there's been a lot of research over the last twenty years showing that the size of a sixth form correlates (not perfectly, of course) with results and value-added. Smal… (View Post)

Deleted / repeated. (View Post)

Is that your starter for ten? (View Post)

"Things that annoy me" is a splendid descriptor, much more flexible and meaningful than labels like "woke". Stick to it. (View Post)