Author Archives: jameswilding

It’s that time of year in which the Christian season of Lent is due to commence, (Wednesday 1 March), and families consider what ‘treat’ they are going to give up as a sign of their engagement with a 40 day … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Love Learning by Debra Kidd:
A couple of weeks ago I spent 3 hours with the infinitely patient Lucy Rimmington from Ofqual, trying to get under the skin of Progress 8, the new GCSEs and what it…

As a result of his GCSE performance (8A*, 2 A, 1 B) in his GCSE examinations, his contribution to school life, his performance on the sports and athletic fields and his contribution to the wider community as a sports coach, … Continue reading →

This Wednesday at Senior Girls, a select audience of parents and friends enjoyed an extraordinary showcase of the girls’ singing abilities of both formal and contemporary music. Each performance lasted about 4 minutes, so we are talking full on ‘single’ … Continue reading →

It’s Inauguration day, Brexit plan week and NHS month… and whilst there may of course be plenty to shout about, not much of the mood music is positive. It’s dry January, nights are long, mornings still dark, weather still wintry and … Continue reading →

I am sure I was not the only one who watched the Sunday night programme entitled this week. 3 sixth formers from their idyllic welsh valley in Pembrokeshire swapped for three days into two of the best schools in Seoul. … Continue reading →

I posted the title to this blog just before Christmas 2016, and then left content until my return to ‘thinking’ after Boxing Day. The raw emotion sown in the title arises is me simply because so much has been traduced … Continue reading →

Carole Cadwalladr writing in the Guardian draws our attention to the far right’s gaming of the Internet. Her article is intriguing and worth a read in its own right, because it assists growing the awareness of why the internet can’t … Continue reading →

Professor Dylan Williams is one of the most respected figures in education. Writing on the BBC on 5 December, he had this to say: Wales Pisa results: ‘Little will be learned’ – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-37826634

The election of Donald J Trump to the Presidency of the United States knocks the UK’s Brexit vote into a cocked hat. It seems likely that the reasons for both votes is very much the same, that being the backlash … Continue reading →