Independent School Advice Blog
WHY OFSTED INSPECTIONS ARE THE REAL PARENT POWER
Jun 13 2010| School News
WHY OFSTED INSPECTIONS ARE THE REAL PARENT POWER
One of the least publicised aspects of the new government’s education policy is the announcement that ‘Outstanding’ schools will no longer require Ofsted inspections. Not just less frequently - but never.
This is a quite extraordinary decision. School inspection has formed a crucial role in the English education system since the...
LONDON'S BEST PRIMARY SCHOOL?
Apr 5 2010| School News
Some people covet a Prada handbag or the latest Bentley but, sad though it may seem, I often suffer from school envy and last week I visited Holy Trinity and St Silas, a primary school in Camden Town, which would make any parent a little green.
This small inner-city faith school doesn’t have too many advantages when it comes to ‘cultural capital’. Two thirds of its pupils live in the nearby...
BORDER WARS - HOW TO GET INTO EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY
Mar 23 2010| School News
BORDER WARS - HOW TO GET INTO EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY
English independent schools (and their UCAS candidates) have been moaning about how cross they are that Edinburgh University imposes a quota on English applicants. Though I’m sure you could (and no doubt someone will) take the university to court for race discrimination, if you’re sensible you won’t bother.
The education system isn’t fair and...
MULTIPLY BY 2 - THE PROBLEM WITH TWINS
Mar 18 2010| School News| General
The University of Birmingham disclosed this week that parents of twins and triplets are 17 times more likely to get divorced than those whose children follow one another neatly in a line. There’s nothing more exhausting, of course, than double-barrelled screaming, but having a same-age household doesn’t necessarily get any easier when your kids go to school.
Fortunately, last October, the...