However this is in the context of the school in Cambridge where Ofsted have actually apologized and withdrawn the report because it was total garbage (full disclosure: a friend of mine is on the Boar… (View Post)

That certainly applies to a good portion of the year 6s at my daughter's primary. It's a sad state that people are still so hung up about it. (View Post)

I read that as thruppence printed £1 coin which sounded like a bargain. How much does it cost to 3d print a pound coin? (View Post)

I also sense that the general trend in the evidence is in discovering more continuity of use, for longer than previously assumed (in the SE at least). Which smooths it all out a bit. My feeling is th… (View Post)

(One additional point is the de-industrialization: the large scale metal-processing, and potteries seem to die very, very quickly; that will have caused a rapid dispersal of the population). (View Post)