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Tag Archives: education
Beyond Hyperbole – what excellent really means?
Our March 2014 ISI Inspection report is now published. You can find the report here on the ISI website, though at the time of writing it was not showing, on our own website here at http://www.clairescourt.com/academic/inspection-reports, and by pdf download here. To … Continue reading
The Penny Dreadful, the Ha’penny Dreadfuller – will we ever learn?
One of the education blogs I follow is that of Alex Quigley, Hunting English. He, like me, read today’s headlines on the BBC website and in the Guardian about a new English A level syllabus being steered to approval, involving some … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, education, intelligence, literature, writing
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“vapid happy talk” – No, really…? Gove climb down!
Apparently, according to a major study by the Sutton Trust reported last month, Independent School applicants for University write better personal statements than their state-sector counterparts. Says the BBC “The Sutton Trust says pupils from independent schools are more likely … Continue reading
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short – Michelangelo
… but in-setting our aim too low and achieving our mark. It’s report reading and writing time at CCS, first full series of the year, and I witness 120+ hardworking colleagues writing as if their lives depended upon it. I … Continue reading
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Tagged dylan williams, education, michelangelo, michengalo, research
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#purposedu – my reason to go to work!
I own and lead a full range all-ability school of 1000 pupils, sitting in that part of the eastern Thames Valley known as the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. I believe the purpose of education is to provide for … Continue reading
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Tagged all-ability, confident, education, happy, politics, resilient, successful, well-balanced
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It is the best of times, it is the worst of times…
to quote the first dozen words of Charles Dickens’ great novel, A Tale of Two Cities, though moved to the present rather than the past. The actual paragraph reads: It was the best of times, it was the worst of … Continue reading
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Tagged education, literature, school poverty, secondary school pupils, writing
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A Principled view 