I imagine that most of them are quite elderly? Until the mid 90s it was usual as an academic to walk into a job and stay there. That is no longer the case. The pace is hotter, the rewards are less, a… (View Post)

Yes, that is true to an extent, although even at the top end there is scope for some. I used to teach in a girls' grammar where logically it should have been impossible to have high value added … (View Post)

The honest answer is I have no idea. But just because we have exams doesn't mean we need a prescriptive national curriculum underpinning them. To take one (admittedly extreme) example, I taught … (View Post)

Oi! It's the others that are pigs in the trough. (To explain that 'Dymock' is an anglicisation of 'Tŷ Moch' - pig sty.) (View Post)

Well, in effect I have. I now work for myself which gives me much more freedom, the chance to pick and choose what and when I teach (and from where) and actually pays rather better, although when you… (View Post)