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 Mapletree  Croydon 02 Feb 15 1.24pm |
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Quote TUX at 01 Feb 2015 6.47pm
Quote nickgusset at 01 Feb 2015 11.22am
Under Tory cund plans, if all students do not know their times tables on leaving primary school for 2 years in a row, a school can be forced into being an academy. How stupid! Whilst I acknowledge that rapid recall of multiplication facts is a good thing, there is no way on God's earth that all children are capable of learning them. Excuse me if I've missed something but what is 'an Academy' and how does it differ from 'a School'?
They are a bit like cooperatives in how they operate and in the London area Academies that were originally saying they were only ever aiming to have e.g. 4 schools have been growing way beyond that. Most Academies up until now have been secondary schools, so this looks like increasing the pressure on the Primary sector. If you want to see how that works, take a look at the march of STEP academy in recent years (Angel Oak, Applegarth, David Livingstone, Heathfield, Gonville, La Fontaine and Wolsey). The original rationale was, in my opinion, strongly influenced by the fact that Local Education Authorities were highly vocal and tended to be dominated more by the left than the right. Arguably also not brilliantly efficient as each was relatively independent. So this is a classic move of responsibility from local to central government, in line with the current theme of bringing democracy closer to the people...
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| Stuk Top half 02 Feb 15 4.16pm |
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Your link doesn't say anything that you claim it does, nick. Why do you feel the need to put a bulls*** spin on everything? A school that failed to get every pupil to pass the tests for two years running could be paired with an outstanding school to gain extra support. It could also become part of a teacher swap where heads of departments from good schools take over temporarily. It's not just you though. The NAHT general secretary makes up a line of fresh bulls*** for the article too. "Apparently head teachers will be sacked should any - yes, any - child fail the new test. We are all for aiming high but, remember, this is a short test taken by a young child," he said What a cock.
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| suicideatselhurst crawley 02 Feb 15 5.22pm |
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Quote nickgusset at 01 Feb 2015 9.53pm
Quote becky at 01 Feb 2015 9.15pm
Quote nickgusset at 01 Feb 2015 11.22am
Under Tory cund plans, if all students do not know their times tables on leaving primary school for 2 years in a row, a school can be forced into being an academy. How stupid! Whilst I acknowledge that rapid recall of multiplication facts is a good thing, there is no way on God's earth that all children are capable of learning them. Why not? We all did when I was at primary school - it was one of the basic foundation stones of our education!
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| Lakeview Lincoln 02 Feb 15 5.30pm |
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The difference now is that 10 or more years ago the least able went to special schools and didn't appear in the data. Now it's much harder to get a pupil into this special school system, so the least able in an ordinary classroom are below what they were in years past. Some pupils in the year before secondary school have the mental ability of 6 year olds due to this policy, and few 6 year olds have ever known x tables up to 12 x 12.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 02 Feb 15 6.01pm |
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Quote Stuk at 02 Feb 2015 4.16pm
Your link doesn't say anything that you claim it does, nick. Why do you feel the need to put a bulls*** spin on everything? A school that failed to get every pupil to pass the tests for two years running could be paired with an outstanding school to gain extra support. It could also become part of a teacher swap where heads of departments from good schools take over temporarily. It's not just you though. The NAHT general secretary makes up a line of fresh bulls*** for the article too. "Apparently head teachers will be sacked should any - yes, any - child fail the new test. We are all for aiming high but, remember, this is a short test taken by a young child," he said What a cock. From Education secretary Nicky Morgan has backed a new set of punitive policies ahead of the election, saying that pupils should have memorised the times tables by the end of primary schooling or face having their school’s leadership replaced. Morgan’s self-proclaimed “war on illiteracy and innumeracy” would see state primary schools in England that repeatedly failed to have a proportion of year-six pupil pass times tables and writing tests be forced to become academies, or have sponsorship replaced if already an academy.
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| Stuk Top half 02 Feb 15 7.21pm |
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Quote nickgusset at 02 Feb 2015 6.01pm
Quote Stuk at 02 Feb 2015 4.16pm
Your link doesn't say anything that you claim it does, nick. Why do you feel the need to put a bulls*** spin on everything? A school that failed to get every pupil to pass the tests for two years running could be paired with an outstanding school to gain extra support. It could also become part of a teacher swap where heads of departments from good schools take over temporarily. It's not just you though. The NAHT general secretary makes up a line of fresh bulls*** for the article too. "Apparently head teachers will be sacked should any - yes, any - child fail the new test. We are all for aiming high but, remember, this is a short test taken by a young child," he said What a cock. From Education secretary Nicky Morgan has backed a new set of punitive policies ahead of the election, saying that pupils should have memorised the times tables by the end of primary schooling or face having their school’s leadership replaced. Morgan’s self-proclaimed “war on illiteracy and innumeracy” would see state primary schools in England that repeatedly failed to have a proportion of year-six pupil pass times tables and writing tests be forced to become academies, or have sponsorship replaced if already an academy.
His opinion toward the end of the article was wrong, as it turned out. Edited by Stuk (02 Feb 2015 7.22pm)
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| kingdowieonthewall Sussex, ex-Cronx. 02 Feb 15 7.47pm |
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 02 Feb 15 8.30pm |
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Quote Stuk at 02 Feb 2015 7.21pm
Quote nickgusset at 02 Feb 2015 6.01pm
Quote Stuk at 02 Feb 2015 4.16pm
Your link doesn't say anything that you claim it does, nick. Why do you feel the need to put a bulls*** spin on everything? A school that failed to get every pupil to pass the tests for two years running could be paired with an outstanding school to gain extra support. It could also become part of a teacher swap where heads of departments from good schools take over temporarily. It's not just you though. The NAHT general secretary makes up a line of fresh bulls*** for the article too. "Apparently head teachers will be sacked should any - yes, any - child fail the new test. We are all for aiming high but, remember, this is a short test taken by a young child," he said What a cock. From Education secretary Nicky Morgan has backed a new set of punitive policies ahead of the election, saying that pupils should have memorised the times tables by the end of primary schooling or face having their school’s leadership replaced. Morgan’s self-proclaimed “war on illiteracy and innumeracy” would see state primary schools in England that repeatedly failed to have a proportion of year-six pupil pass times tables and writing tests be forced to become academies, or have sponsorship replaced if already an academy.
His opinion toward the end of the article was wrong, as it turned out. Edited by Stuk (02 Feb 2015 7.22pm) I've read several articles, all of which said that Morgan indicated heads may be fired if her new standards fall short in schools.
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| cornwalls palace Torpoint 02 Feb 15 8.32pm |
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Quote suicideatselhurst at 02 Feb 2015 5.22pm
Quote nickgusset at 01 Feb 2015 9.53pm
Quote becky at 01 Feb 2015 9.15pm
Quote nickgusset at 01 Feb 2015 11.22am
Under Tory cund plans, if all students do not know their times tables on leaving primary school for 2 years in a row, a school can be forced into being an academy. How stupid! Whilst I acknowledge that rapid recall of multiplication facts is a good thing, there is no way on God's earth that all children are capable of learning them. Why not? We all did when I was at primary school - it was one of the basic foundation stones of our education!
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| Stuk Top half 02 Feb 15 9.02pm |
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Quote nickgusset at 02 Feb 2015 8.30pm
Quote Stuk at 02 Feb 2015 7.21pm
Quote nickgusset at 02 Feb 2015 6.01pm
Quote Stuk at 02 Feb 2015 4.16pm
Your link doesn't say anything that you claim it does, nick. Why do you feel the need to put a bulls*** spin on everything? A school that failed to get every pupil to pass the tests for two years running could be paired with an outstanding school to gain extra support. It could also become part of a teacher swap where heads of departments from good schools take over temporarily. It's not just you though. The NAHT general secretary makes up a line of fresh bulls*** for the article too. "Apparently head teachers will be sacked should any - yes, any - child fail the new test. We are all for aiming high but, remember, this is a short test taken by a young child," he said What a cock. From Education secretary Nicky Morgan has backed a new set of punitive policies ahead of the election, saying that pupils should have memorised the times tables by the end of primary schooling or face having their school’s leadership replaced. Morgan’s self-proclaimed “war on illiteracy and innumeracy” would see state primary schools in England that repeatedly failed to have a proportion of year-six pupil pass times tables and writing tests be forced to become academies, or have sponsorship replaced if already an academy.
His opinion toward the end of the article was wrong, as it turned out. Edited by Stuk (02 Feb 2015 7.22pm) I've read several articles, all of which said that Morgan indicated heads may be fired if her new standards fall short in schools.
And none of this will ever actually happen, in my opinion. That goes for the testing, the forced changes or the sackings.
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| legaleagle 02 Feb 15 9.24pm |
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Quote Mapletree at 02 Feb 2015 1.24pm
Quote TUX at 01 Feb 2015 6.47pm
Quote nickgusset at 01 Feb 2015 11.22am
Under Tory cund plans, if all students do not know their times tables on leaving primary school for 2 years in a row, a school can be forced into being an academy. How stupid! Whilst I acknowledge that rapid recall of multiplication facts is a good thing, there is no way on God's earth that all children are capable of learning them. Excuse me if I've missed something but what is 'an Academy' and how does it differ from 'a School'?
They are a bit like cooperatives in how they operate and in the London area Academies that were originally saying they were only ever aiming to have e.g. 4 schools have been growing way beyond that. Most Academies up until now have been secondary schools, so this looks like increasing the pressure on the Primary sector. If you want to see how that works, take a look at the march of STEP academy in recent years (Angel Oak, Applegarth, David Livingstone, Heathfield, Gonville, La Fontaine and Wolsey). The original rationale was, in my opinion, strongly influenced by the fact that Local Education Authorities were highly vocal and tended to be dominated more by the left than the right. Arguably also not brilliantly efficient as each was relatively independent. So this is a classic move of responsibility from local to central government, in line with the current theme of bringing democracy closer to the people...
Increased democracy closer to the people or simply trying to reduce overall democracy where the local current outcomes don't all suit a ruling government's political views?Increased centralisation IMO rarely equates to increased democracy brought closer to the people. If people want a very recent multi-party (but non governmental) overview of the success or otherwise of academies to date,try this from the House of Commons Education Committee published less than two weeks ago. Edited by legaleagle (02 Feb 2015 9.33pm)
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| Mapletree Croydon 02 Feb 15 9.36pm |
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Quote legaleagle at 02 Feb 2015 9.24pm
Quote Mapletree at 02 Feb 2015 1.24pm
Quote TUX at 01 Feb 2015 6.47pm
Quote nickgusset at 01 Feb 2015 11.22am
Under Tory cund plans, if all students do not know their times tables on leaving primary school for 2 years in a row, a school can be forced into being an academy. How stupid! Whilst I acknowledge that rapid recall of multiplication facts is a good thing, there is no way on God's earth that all children are capable of learning them. Excuse me if I've missed something but what is 'an Academy' and how does it differ from 'a School'?
They are a bit like cooperatives in how they operate and in the London area Academies that were originally saying they were only ever aiming to have e.g. 4 schools have been growing way beyond that. Most Academies up until now have been secondary schools, so this looks like increasing the pressure on the Primary sector. If you want to see how that works, take a look at the march of STEP academy in recent years (Angel Oak, Applegarth, David Livingstone, Heathfield, Gonville, La Fontaine and Wolsey). The original rationale was, in my opinion, strongly influenced by the fact that Local Education Authorities were highly vocal and tended to be dominated more by the left than the right. Arguably also not brilliantly efficient as each was relatively independent. So this is a classic move of responsibility from local to central government, in line with the current theme of bringing democracy closer to the people...
Increased democracy closer to the people or simply trying to reduce overall democracy where the local current outcomes don't all suit a ruling government's political views?Increased centralisation IMO rarely equates to increased democracy brought closer to the people. If people want a very recent multi-party (but non governmental) overview of the success or otherwise of academies to date,try this from the House of Commons Education Committee published less than two weeks ago. Edited by legaleagle (02 Feb 2015 9.33pm)
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