Little value for money at the CQC
If, as Oscar Wilde once wrote, a cynic is “a man who knows…
Little Care, Little Quality and some Terrible Commissioning
(Part 2 of my story about the chaos that’s followed the awarding of a…
Calling time on my zero-hours job
I’m about to lose the zero-hours job I love. Maybe “lose” isn’t the right…
Housing policy or moral crusade?
David Cameron wants to replace “the country’s most run down housing estates,” with “attractive…
There goes the neighbourhood
Mr Patel closed his newsagents a few months ago. Shortly after that, the 75…
Government Gradgrinds On
Michael Gove may have left the Department for Education but his Gradgrindian spirit lives…
What’s the Private Sector ever done for us?
I’m all for breaking down the barriers between private and state education. But I…
Outraged by the Outrage
Here’s how politics now works in the UK. A politician sends out an ill-considered…
Scotland, Please Don’t Go
Never mind the squabbling over sterling and North Sea oil, Scotland. There’s a very…
The Curriculum’s mightier than the Sword
When it comes to preventing extremist or radical influences in schools, the government doesn’t…