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Careers Advice That Is Not a Leaflet
I remember sitting in a windowless meeting room five years ago, staring at a PowerPoint presentation that promised a “revolutionary, holistic ecosystem...
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Contextual Offers and How They Are Set
I remember sitting in a drafty Year 13 common room three years ago, watching a student stare at a UCAS portal with...
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Apprenticeships From Level Two Upwards
I remember sitting in a departmental meeting back in 2014, listening to a consultant in a slim-fit suit explain how apprenticeships were...
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Vocational Routes and Where They Lead
I remember sitting in a windowless meeting room back in 2014, listening to a consultant in a sharp suit explain how vocational...
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Academic, Vocational and the False Hierarchy
I remember sitting in a department meeting three years ago, staring at a stack of glossy, laminated prospectuses that looked more like...
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Specialist Teaching and Its Trade-offs
I remember sitting in a windowless meeting room during my third year as Head of Department, staring at a glossy, twenty-page flowchart...
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One Teacher and Eleven Subjects
If you look at any shiny new government white paper or a consultant’s PowerPoint, you’ll get a very polished, very expensive version...
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Play-based Learning Is Not Unstructured
I spent twenty minutes yesterday reading a glossy, high-budget brochure about “holistic developmental frameworks” that seemed to suggest children learn best when...
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The Drop After Year Seven Starts
I’ve sat through enough CPD sessions to know the drill: some consultant in a slim-fit suit standing in front of a shiny...
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Choosing a School With Imperfect Information
I remember sitting in a drafty school hall during a parents’ evening, watching a mother of three try to navigate a stack...
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