Archive for Politics

Do you want our schools to copy football-style performance tables?

The Lib Dems launched their manifesto today and while I haven’t gone through every single line of it, the bits I have looked at and concerns me most is education; and it is not promising I have to say. They intend to invest £2.5bn extra in schools to cut class sizes, and provide 1:1 tuition [...]

Elections: Snapshot of the education policies

We are counting down! Everyone (well almost!) is talking about the election. I am actually glad we don’t have a long drawn out process like the States – I will be bored, irritated or quite possibly both! So the 3 main party leaders are up and down the country making serious pledges, and for once [...]