And that's getting close to the heart of the matter. Improving schools from here is difficult. @DavidL (?) was right to highlight the cheerful incompetence of many schools a few decades back, wh… (View Post)

But it's like everything else- once a measure becomes a target, it stops working as a measure. There are only so many questions you can ask in IQ-like tests, and coaching and familiarity with th… (View Post)

Isn't the more relevant question "are opposition parties going to pledge to reverse this in their 2028/9 manifestoes?" To which I suspect the answer is "probably not, with some wa… (View Post)

Also, it depends whether school fees are driven by "what it costs" or "what you can get away with". If it's the second, schools will say "thanks very much" and buil… (View Post)

Just popping in to note that FE and sixth form colleges have always been in the VAT system; https://feweek.co.uk/no-plans-to-exempt-colleges-from-vat-says-treasury-secretary/ That was under the last … (View Post)