In England, the English government decide what children should be achieving at certain stages of their education and then all children are assessed at the end of each key stage to see if they are meeting the national standards. The key stages There are 4 key stages: Key Stage 1 Read more…
In April 2021, I decided to stop being a teacher at a secondary school in London. I left with the intention of leaving the teaching profession once and for all. No tutoring on the side and no involvement with a teaching-based role even if it wasn’t a school. I had enough – but it wasn’t Read more…
True ‘intelligence’, covers many, many different qualities. As Einstein once said, ‘If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it’ll live its whole life believing that it’s stupid’. The truth is, we’re all ‘intelligent’; just in different ways, at different things. Why is this important to know? Because our education system does not always recognise this. There’s a whole list Read more…
We’ve had a rough couple of years, haven’t we? We don’t think anyone will look back on 2020/2021 and say ‘oh yeah, had such a great time that year’. It’s been pretty difficult, and it’s been even more difficult for young people. Being young can be challenging at the best of times, throw in a pandemic and it’s just… well, Read more…