Labour caused our problems with energy prices and social mobility. Now they...
The BBC/Guardianista Left seems to have become fascinated by the idea that the unpleasant squeeze on family budgets as pay rises lag behind prices could be magicked away by arm-twisting, strong arming...
View ArticleWhen is it OK to drop the F-bomb in front of your kids?
"When Granny gets annoyed, she says 'fiddle'," my six-year-old daughter remarked the other day. "And when Mummy gets annoyed, she says 'rats'." "What about when Daddy gets annoyed?" said my wife,...
View ArticleOECD report: if you really want to improve education, stop reforming it
The results of the Pisa education league this morning showed the UK lagging at 26th place. What’s to be done? Everyone has thoughts. Tristram Hunt wants Michael Gove to change his mind about...
View ArticleWhy do politicians think they know better than parents how to spend money on...
Do you like music? I listen all the time. Thanks to Spotify, I’ve a playlist far bigger than any record or CD collection I ever owned. But would you put up with it if I, an MP, was to decide for you...
View ArticleGove is right to fail schools for religious bias
Here are five words that liberals should say more often: thank God for Michael Gove. The Education Secretary has sent dozens of inspectors to 15 state schools in Birmingham targeted by Islamic radicals...
View ArticleFive things you can try if your child didn't get into your first choice of...
So what should you do if your child is one of the 86,000 who've missed out on their first choice of primary school? First of all, don't despair. If your child has been offered a place at their second –...
View Article'Trojan Horse' schools: the leaked inspectors' report
Here are extracts from the inspection report, leaked to the Telegraph, into three schools at the centre of the so-called “Trojan Horse” plot to “Islamise” secular state schools in Birmingham. The...
View Article'Trojan Horse' schools: Birmingham City Council tries to blame the Telegraph...
Birmingham City Council’s leader, Sir Albert Bore, today attacked the Telegraph for its “wholly reprehensible and completely unacceptable” publication of a leaked Department for Education report into...
View ArticleThe educational establishment must stop pretending that schools can replace...
Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of Ofsted, said last week that the state should fine parents who fail in demanding The Right Stuff from their children. Am I the only person who thinks this powerful and...
View ArticleProcesses in schools meet omnipresent student issues
Processes are difficult to ignore in schools. I’m finding it hard to be an individual with ideas when I keep having to follow broken models which don’t guarantee results. I keep asking myself this...
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