No, I’m not becoming a London taxi driver (or a pilot, but that’s another story!) This week, OFSTED’s Head of Research Prof Daniel Muijs is reported to have offered his opinion that teachers should be “periodically” required to demonstrate their subject knowledge is up to date (read more here ) His comments have met with […]
The One About Workload
I don’t write often enough, and I certainly don’t write enough about things that matter. Today, I’m thinking about my work. And specifically my workload. I teach. I’m contracted for 13.5 hours over 2.5 days. And yet my children attend nursery for 30 hours on my three teaching days. How come they are there for […]
The one about standing up for education
This blog post is a first for me. I usually write about the mundane aspects of life – pies, gardening, family life…. Today I want to tell you a story. A short but sad story. Today (March 26th) NUT members across England walked out in protest at the massive changes to our pay, pension and […]