After 22 years of teaching in the independent sector I have decided to follow my heart, and return to a state school. I start in September, at a wonderful village primary. Becoming a parent governor at my children’s large non-academy…
Our recent parent blog in support of comprehensive education garnered a huge amount of engagement from our followers. So we thought we would take the debate one step further, and report on growing calls for private schools to be phased…
Having worked as a teacher in London schools for over two decades, the majority of that time in the comprehensive public school system and significant portion of time in the private sector, I can say, without any hesitation, that I…
My daughter is a school refuser. She was diagnosed with Autism in March 2018 having suffered a mental breakdown at the end of 2017. She attended an Academy which operated a “Positive Discipline” system and before she was diagnosed she…
South Shields school was and is a brilliant school. That is why many of us, the parents, chose this school. But in 2017 the school was deemed inadequate by Ofsted. Leading up to this, the council brought in a new…
Rescue Our Schools recently received an anonymous message from a parent whose son was about to sit SATS. His grandparent had sadly passed away during SATs week. The family told the school. What did the school say in response? Please…
Unfortunately education issues are not confined to the UK. We are in contact with a wonderful group of parents in Osaka, Japan who are also fighting against the marketisation of their children's education. This is their message to us: I…
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…
Too much change and high levels of pressure can be so detrimental to our children's mental health. So I decided to look into things and see if we had any options. For weeks now I have seen a lot of…
A national TV news programme would like to speak tomorrow to a teacher who’s quit the profession or taken time off due to stress/bullying. They are also on the look out for any footage of bad behaviour in class. If…