A fifteen-year-old’s Take on Exam Chaos
One of our regular bloggers, Aimee Collins, on her hopes and fears for the year ahead. No one really knows how this year should have been handled. It began with few tragedies and a light of hope for those who…
Left to Last
Rescue Our Schools’ David Taylor on why we need to value vocational education again There is something very symbolic in the BTEC results being left to the end of this quite exceptional educational summer. Despite the fact they have the…
The exams shambles: the best of a bad job?
Rescue Our Schools's David Taylor, a former secondary headteacher, suggests the whole exam system needs rethinking. Exams and controversy are not uncommon bedfellows in England. Every year brings a degree of cohabitation, most notable in recent times being 2012 when…
The Exams Fiasco: there is Another Way
There is Another Way Words almost fail at the news that mock exams scores for A-Level and GCSEs in England can be used instead of the Ofqual standardised results. Some immediate thoughts come to mind: The mocks option shows a…
A Question for School Leaders: What are you prepared to do?
As schools worry about the downgrading of exam results by Ofqual, Rescue Our School's David Taylor questions the relentless drive to get good grades. “Kids have given up their weekends, we’ve had holiday interventions, 7:30am revision sessions, teachers teaching until…
How is Covid-19 affecting education?
Rescue Our Schools has been asked to submit evidence to the cross-party education committee of MPs on the impact of covid-19. We would love to hear from as many of our followers as possible your answers to the following key…
When getting to school splits the village
The full impact of Suffolk County Council’s new home-school transport policy is becoming clear. As reported in this week’s East Anglian Daily Times, families in my village and many others are being punished by the council for no other reason than living…
Have you heard of ALLFIE? They would like to hear from anyone who has any experience of Accessibility Plans
ALLFIE is an alliance of parents, disabled students, teachers and professionals which campaigns for disabled pupils and students to access inclusive education in mainstream schools, training and apprenticeships, with all necessary supports’. You can find out more about ALLFIE’s news…
The Department for Education: Our end of year report
Our Manifesto sets out six key asks of education policy. As a busy year for RoS draws to a close, we take a look at how the Department for Education has fared against these over the last year. Invest in…
Resilience: Building strong individuals or encouraging acceptance of the unacceptable?
In a recent article by Emma Kell, she mentioned a positive outcome gleaned by one teacher in this era of controversy, and let’s face it, anguish and pure anger, was how their resilience had developed. Lovely to hear, considering that…