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Sacking primary heads over times tables doesn’t add up

A proposed Conservative policy that primary head teachers be sacked if their pupils do not know their times-tables has...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Pension costs cut into PM’s pledge to safeguard budgets

Schools are facing squeezed finances, despite David Cameron’s pledge this week to safeguard the schools budget. Speaking on Monday...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

The graph that should stop Cameron’s plan

– Data challenges Tory pledge to ‘takeover’ mediocre schools – Overlap in pupils’ performance between Ofsted grades The prime...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Private school defends against Cameron claim

A private school singled out by Prime Minister David Cameron in a speech this week has defended its record...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Aborted Croydon free school costs taxpayers £82,000

Four Conservative councillors behind plans to open a free school in south London that were scrapped at a cost...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Sharing resources: Sorry Mr President, we thought of it first

President Obama may have committed to promoting the use of open educational resources (OER), but Leicester got there first....

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Ofsted fine-tunes inspection framework

Teaching unions have given a cautious welcome to Ofsted’s latest reforms that include new criteria across all inspections. From...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Young carers online community launched

Carers Trust, a UK carers’ charity, have launched a new website and online community for its young visitors. The...

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Billy Camden
News

We’ll judge character, not evidence says DfE

Schools do not need to submit verifiable evidence in support of their claim on a prize fund drawn from...

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Billy Camden