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Snowdon on Schools

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Discussion of schools and more broadly education in the UK, with an emphasis on London and the SE. Also: locating affordable good schools.

• Added on: Oct 30th, 2008
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: ladysnowdon
• Listed in: Education Education & Learning
• Tags: schools public school private school independent school bursaries fee-paying

Recent Posts

• A truly British McEducation

  Posted on Saturday May 30th, 2009 at 15:34 in charities, shrewsbury, public benefit, international schools, harrow, brighton college, haileybury, bromsgrove, dulwich college, charities commission, charities act 2006, public benefit requirement

  I was recently surveying the latest rubrics in The Times’ appointments section and noted two public schools seeking what are effectively business development directors for their schools’ international expansion.  I guess I hadn’t realised that...

• The primary curriculum report: Sir Jim Rose has goofed this time

  Posted on Sunday May 3rd, 2009 at 13:29 in literacy, ict, numeracy, national curriculum, rose report on the primary curriculum (final, sir jim rose, final report on the primary curriculum, primary curriculum

   In January, I reported my views on Sir Jim Rose’s interim report on the primary curriculum in The 3Rs…or chocolate? The Rose Report says you can have your cake and eat it too!  I defended Sir Jim then, particularly against accusations that he ...

• Coming to a school near you…ContactPoint, the national kiddie database

  Posted on Saturday May 2nd, 2009 at 13:30 in Privacy, id cards, mi6, data protection, victoria climbie, baby p, lord laming, bob quick, contactpoint, children's act 2004, information database (england) regulations 2007, lord laming's report on the victoria climbie inquiry

  This week’s backpedalling by the government on the communications superdatabase came as a relief.  But Snowdon won’t be celebrating.  Information on every phone call, email and website visit will still be stored — just separately, rather ...

• Address Arbitrage and Schools Admissions

  Posted on Saturday April 11th, 2009 at 14:55 in public schools, schools, private schools, private school, faith schools, independent schools, state schools, hill house, john burton, fee-paying schools, languages in schools, welsh school of london

  On a recent Saturday out with NCT friends and associated toddlers, conversation turned to schools again.  Our kids are all now two years old, so of course the question of where they will go for reception in two and a half years’ time is all th...

• Shame on the Girls’ Day School Trust

  Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 15:28 in schools, charities, private schools, private school, credit crunch, affordable education, individual schools, means-tested bursaries, public benefit requirement, charitable status; schools, girls day school trust (gdst), streatham and clapham high school gdst

  On 29 October in Credit crunch: When they can’t afford the school fees any longer, I addressed the issue of children being withdrawn mid-year from their fee-paying schools due to the credit crunch.  Canvassing the press, I see that in the past...

• The 3Rs…or chocolate? The Rose Report says you can have your cake and eat it too!

  Posted on Wednesday January 21st, 2009 at 15:10 in curriculum, primary, time to talk, children's plan, government reports, every child matters, melanie philips, early years foundation stage (eyfs), national literacy strategy, rose report (interim dec 2008), three wise men report (primary curriculum 1992), every child matters; children’s plan; time to talk; eyfs; national literacy strategy; national numeracy strategy

  I haven’t posted in a while. Christmas in Canada followed by weekly trips since then to Abu Dhabi (from where I post this today) are offered as excuses.  I was going to write something about the state of primary education in Abu Dhabi, but tho...

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