Changes in Primary Education

Alarm Bells not Applause The contrast between the primary school I attended and the one my kids attend is so vast that I felt it would be interesting to review the differences. I have one son who is 12 and has started Secondary school and two daughters 10, and 8, still in what is called Upper […]

A School for my child

As a parent reviewing schools I look with interest at what has changed, what has been gained and what has been lost in a generation. There is an air of moving forward in the teaching community, that schools are better than they have ever been. As an amateur historian I watch how mnemonics two thousand […]