Inquiry Learning isn’t a ‘bolt on’
6 June 2019
At a time when exams are already underway (for IB Diploma students) or looming for others, it’s a good time to think about how, exactly, do we prepare students for… Find out more
HMC Blog
Who are you calling ‘soft’?
9 June 2014
I was interested to read the HMC Tweet linked to the Telegraph’s story about the Ofqual review of ‘soft’ subject A levels and GCSEs. Isn’t it funny how soft always… Find out more
A hybrid education: The best of both worlds
5 February 2014
As employment becomes an ever greater priority we need to ask: “What will best equip our pupils to enter the labour market? It strikes me that schools are faced with… Find out more
A new style of philosophy, religion and ethics (PRE) curriculum that inspires students to develop inquisitive mindsets
15 May 2013
The young human brain is a limber and wonderful thing, adept at flipping from one task to another: thank goodness this is the case, I ponder, as our GCSE students… Find out more
Hand-held devices in the classroom
6 November 2012
In a recent governors’ meeting, a colleague was typing into his Blackberry. The Chair of the meeting was uncomfortable about this. He thought that the colleague was texting. He wasn’t…. Find out more
Can we have both reliability and validity?
15 October 2012
So it looks like the French were right after all; Lance Armstrong is a cheat and without the effects of EPO and a corrupt testing regime some unknown rider would… Find out more