Monthly Archives: May 2017

National Terrorism Threat Level Raised to Critical

The message below was received from the Thames Valley Police, with forward messaging to parents requested.  I publish that message in full: “As you will no doubt be aware, on Tuesday night the Prime Minister confirmed that the national terrorist threat has … Continue reading

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Questions of the Prime Minister…

Mark Hookham, correspondent from The Sunday Times, came to speak to some of our Sixth Form students last week, asking them “What do young people want from, or want to know about, Theresa May.   He posed the same questions to … Continue reading

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“…for the twenty-first century we will have to do more than just improve literacy and numeracy skills.”

20 years ago, in the DfE white paper 1997 White Paper, Excellence in Schools, the DfEE wrote the following:” If we are to prepare successfully for the twenty-first century we will have to do more than just improve literacy and numeracy … Continue reading

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Fake news – hitting all schools, pupils and parents near you

2017 is going to be the year of Fake News clearly, because of course Mr Trump, Mr Putin and Mr Assad would have it so.  Everywhere the news is reported, someone seems to claim that the facts not true, or visa … Continue reading

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