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Why Louth’s Parents Need To Think Again About The Quality Of Their Schools! Writing in the Sunday Express, Michael Gove, Education Secretary said, “Every parent in the land knows that we need to improve our education system.” Well, that was a promising start! Unfortunately it’s downhill all the way from there. “We’ve got great...
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Louth Parents have certainly shown an interest in this site with 301 visits from 202 people in its first two and a half weeks. The average reader stays for more than 5 minutes and about 5% stay for 14 minutes! All we need now is for more visitors to add their views before they leave....
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Nick Gibb MP, Minister for Schools, announced today that the Government would seek to: end the rule requiring schools to give 24 hours written notice for detentions allow heads and school staff to search pupils for legal highs, pornography, cigarettes, fireworks and personal electronic devices such as mobile phones, MP3 players and cameras, in addition...
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Tonight’s BBC Panorama programme reported upon the issue of incompetent teachers. Despite estimating that there are 15000+ incompetent teachers in English schools and recognising the enormous damage that incompetent teachers can do to the children in their charge, the programme’s conclusion was that there is NOTHING that parents can do about it. The documentary...
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Why is it that whenever there is the slightest threat of snow, Louth’s children can be found huddled around the radio, desperate to hear the name of their school amongst the list of today’s closures? What happened to those smiling, enthusiastic, happy faces that attended the first year of primary school? Why doesn’t secondary education engage...
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The new government is giving parents the right to set up “Free Schools”. Free Schools are independent state schools run by teachers not bureaucrats or politicians and accountable to parents. Being independent from governmental and bureaucratic control could result in an entirely different emphasis. Provided a high standard of academic results is maintained, and subject...
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My children first attended primary school in Hewish, North Somerset. The Head Teacher there asked the parents of the new intake of 21 children to send in their vision for the school. It was the first time in my life that I had ever really thought about what I would like schools to achieve...
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This part is about the relationship between teacher and pupil. Recognise and adjust to individual learning styles Facilitate learning as opposed to teaching Find and encourage natural interests Maintain high standards of behaviour Lead by example Not only would Mr Chipping not survive as a teacher in these days of testing, targets and tables, but...
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Here Come The Exam Results – Pass The Salt!
During the past few weeks, head teachers all over the country have been proudly parading the “outstanding” exam results achieved by their pupils. This has become an annual ritual with the same claims of “more people than ever before…” trotted out year after year. The clear implication is that schools are performing better than...
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