Mundesley Junior School

Professor Stephen Heppell’s keynote for the K12 online conference.

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Stumbled across this on Drake’s Takes.
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There it was again this morning.
British class sizes among the highest in the world.
By Jessica Shepherd in the Guardian.
An average of 24.5.
Interestingly the Private sector has an average of 13 less than this.
In their words “Britain stands out as having the biggest difference in Primary Class size between Public and Private classrooms of all [...]

Lord Adonis has been very prominent of late.
First acknowledging a problem.
Education: Primary pupils without basic skills highlight Labour’s biggest failure, says schools minister.
Polly Curtis in the Guardian on the 21st August.
Then advocating Academy Schools to solve some of the problems.
City academies to take over struggling primary schools
Polly Curtis and Allegra Stratton in the Guardian on [...]

These two words somewhat leapt out, off the page, into the soul from this article
Education: Expand academy model into the primary sector, says thinktank.
from the Guardian this morning.
Apparently it comes from a book by these guys.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The full report is here.
I’m sure they are not talking about the staff in any Primary School. We’re too busy: [...]