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The Victorian writer, philosopher and critic, John Ruskin, once invited his readers to ‘Commiserate [with] the hapless Board School child, shut out from dreamland and poetry, and prematurely...
Continue reading blog postEvidence suggests that opportunities for students to enjoy talk, reading and writing in the subject of English are increasingly delimited in maintained secondary schools in England. The pressures...
In the current era of regulation and regimentation, English teachers’ sense of professionalism is constrained by their ‘policy’ identities (Ball, 2003). Their sense of subject exists within...
Continue reading blog postWhen considered in conjunction with a long-standing commitment to children’s rights by the Welsh Government, the development of the Curriculum for Wales (CfW) may be a perfect opportunity for...
Continue reading blog postEducation plays an important role in the Curriculum for Wales, developing the relationship of children and young people to their community, which is captured in the Welsh word ‘cynefin’...
Continue reading blog postFor years, shadow education, characterised by private tutoring and supplementary training schools focused on enhancing academic performance, has been a prevalent aspect of educational landscapes...
Continue reading blog postInspiration for the research A large body of research has been inspired by a line on page 14 of the Teachers’ Standards in England, which requires teachers not to ‘undermin[e] fundamental...
Continue reading blog postThe first ever BERA Early Career Researcher (ECR) Conference in May 2023, The ECR Journey: From inspiration to impact, celebrated the journey of ‘becoming’ an educational researcher. It was an...
Pupils’ recorded eligibility for free school meals (FSM) within the English National Pupil Database (NPD) has long been utilised across the country’s research and policy communities. It is...
Continue reading blog postIn her final annual report as Chief Inspector of Ofsted, England’s schools and children’s services inspectorate, Amanda Spielman, opines that the Covid-19 pandemic has ‘fractured’ the...
Continue reading blog postTeacher education
Funding schools by formula has been applied across a number of countries for at least the past 50 years. A National Funding Formula (NFF) in England was introduced in 2018 and aims to provide a...
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