It’s basically already here: sparxmaths.com Though it makes teachers more efficient and creative, rather than pointless. I can teach far better lessons now I know kids will get personalised practice … (View Post)

Gosh, despite an excellent first name you do sometimes pontificate on things without really knowing what you’re talking about, don’t you. Worth reading this: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/rese… (View Post)

Great header. As always, it is the detail that can bring a story to life and, assuming cyclefree has the details of this correct (I’m sure she does), this is a very difficult position to understand. … (View Post)

PB brains trust - a slightly shameless (but in a good cause) appeal for info. Our school has a very unusually high number of kids who have been through the foster system (60 or so, most schools have … (View Post)

Hmmm…I’m not sure this ‘reducing pressure’ argument really sticks. The system can accommodate plenty more kids from the sorts of families that would send them to private schools, mainly because they’… (View Post)