That, at least so far as SEND is concerned, is something not borne out by my experience. Rather, what lockdown did was demonstrate to rather large numbers of children who don't fit into the DfE&… (View Post)

I'm inclined to agree with you, which is one reason why I think VAT on school fees is stupid and counterproductive. But my idea would be to take the key thing that makes private schools desirabl… (View Post)

My experience I am afraid is that if anything the problems are underdiagnosed. The government claims otherwise because it doesn't want to spend the money. Again, therefore, we come back to, shou… (View Post)

He just did. He’s completely wrong, but that’s a different problem. (View Post)

An American visitor to London once asked what peers were. Came the reply: ‘They are people who don’t need to work because they have the same status in society as their parents.’ ‘Oh,’ said the Yank. … (View Post)