HeyJaredAndrew Old's Education Battleground
A teacher in England discussing education and its inevitable conflicts
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PREMIUM: Two Stars and a Wish #61 featuring the debate about changing GCSEs (opens the original)
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This is the latest in the series of posts where I share three things I found on the internet. Two because they are good or important; one because it isn’t.In this post, three reactions to the government’s plans to introduce new vocational GCSEs.A star: A quick point about NEETsA star: A blog post about parity of esteemA wish: An unintentional argument for bringing back secondary moderns<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="htt
PREMIUM: There are hardly any children in custody. Part 2 (opens the original)
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PREMIUM: The 2024/25 permanent exclusion figures. Part 3 (opens the original)
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I have been looking at the 2024/25 permanent exclusion figures.1In Part 2, I considered the role of ethnicity and observed that the exclusion rate for white British pupils is much higher than for ethnic minority pupils and is now higher than for black pupils as a whole. However, I also noted the following:This does not mean that there are no ethnic groups other than
What can we do if it turns out that the Secretary of State for Education doesn’t believe in education? (opens the original)
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PREMIUM: The 2024/25 permanent exclusion figures. Part 2 (opens the original)
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I have been looking at the latest permanent exclusion figures. These cover the academic year 2024/25. In Part 1, I observed that exclusions are currently still at a high rate when compared with most of the 21st century. However, they are slightly lower than in the preceding academic year. I also showed that the recent increase in exclusions has only occurred in certain year groups.</di
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