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Details below regarding the educational disadvantage gradient (2018) from the Education Policy Institute - it's not actually a 'disadvantage gap' since educational disadvantage is not homogenous.

Infographic wallchart - Education in England: Annual Report 2018 - Education Policy Institute The key findings from the Education Policy Institute 2018 Annual Report on the state of education in England, can be viewed in an infographic below. A printable wallchart can be accessed here.  

Coding Part 1: Alan Bryman's 4 Stages of qualitative analysis An overview of the process of qualitative data analysis based on Alan Bryman's four stages of analysis. Reference Bryman, A (2001) Social Research Methods, O...

Short and to the point. Just how I like it. Useful powerpoint notes.

Doing a transcription for qualitative research In this 16 minute video, Graham R Gibbs discusses some of the issues behind transcribing an interview or getting someone else to do it for you. PowerPoint fi...

A-levels results: 17th August.
GCSE results: 24th August

A-level students must be encouraged to use their private study sessions in school wisely. No time to lose. As I told one sixth firmer on Friday, it might be worth forgoing his 10 hours with a part-time 'zero hours contract' employer to concentrate over the next 8-10 weeks on getting the grades he needs to enter the law profession.It's up to the individual at the end of the day. Free will and all that. However, there comes a time in everybody's life when one must weigh up what's important. Now is one of those times.

8 weeks until GCSE exams begin.

This was recorded a while ago for a BBC project. However, my message is the same today.

Heather McClue Expertise

Half term hols. Time to use the time for revision. This holiday time should mimick school hours for Y11 students i.e 5 - 6 hours study each day spread all subjects. This is not a time for students to kick back and relax completely. Studying must continue.

It's good that older, more experienced teachers are being used as mentors to guide the younger, inexperienced entrants to the profession, but too often the sage criticisms of top-down leadership and quick fix systems made by older, experienced teachers are dismissed as the rumblings of expensive curmudgeons. Let us not forget the African saying: everytime an old person dies, a library burns.

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