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The Search for Good Secondary Schools

Barney Stringer | Posted 23.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Education, Teach First, Secondary Schools, Schools, London, UK Politics, UK Students, Failing Schools, UK Schools, Special Measures, UK Universities & Education News
Barney Stringer

Eight years ago Burlington Danes was failing and put into special measures. Now, under the remarkably performance-focused leadership of Sally Coates, results are rocketing and last year it was nominated for the TES "Outstanding School of the Year" award.

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Making or Breaking: Mentoring in Education

Bansi Kara | Posted 17.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Beginner Teachers, Education, Schools, Teachers, Middle Leaders, Teach First, Mentoring, UK Universities & Education News
Bansi Kara

Having just been at the national opening ceremony of the Teach First Summer Institute 2012, I have been considering the fate of all 997 of those smiling, fresh-faced new teachers. They are about to embark on one of the hardest journeys a young professional can experience; they are about to start teaching in tough, inner-city schools.

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What Is the Key Ingredient of a Successful School?

Stephen Twigg | Posted 08.09.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Teach First, Education, Schools, Schooling, Stephen Twigg, Children, Michael Gove, UK Diary, Teaching, Exams, UK Politics News
Stephen Twigg

For the government, it seems to be to hark back to a nostalgic view of the past. So Michael Gove has come out in favour of a 1950s exam system for secondary schools, and Victorian-era rote learning at primary school.

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How Prince Charles' Charity Turned My Old High School Around

Sandy Dhaliwal | Posted 29.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Education, Teach First, Prince Charles, Charity, Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, High School, Uxbridge High School, Camilla Parker-Bowles, Prince of Wales, Gcses, Hillingdon, UK Teachers, Charity Organisations, UK Schools, UK Universities & Education News
Sandy Dhaliwal

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall recently visited my old secondary school Uxbridge High. It was to mark the 10 year anniversary of the charity Teach First, which the Prince is patron of.

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Lucy Sherriff

'All Our Eggs Are In Ofsted's Basket', Stephen Twigg Ponders The Implications Of Surprise Inspections

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 24.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Labour Policy, Teach First, UK Teachers, Michael Gove, Education Policy, Career Advice, UK Students, Free Schools, Conservative Policy, UK Schools, London, Sure Start, Exams, Stephen Twigg, UK Universities & Education News

Stephen Twigg is not afraid to admit Labour did not always "get it right" when it comes to education. The shadow education secretary concedes his g...

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How Teach First Is Tackling Educational Disadvantage in Britain's Schools

Brett Wigdortz | Posted 17.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Department for Education, UK, Education, Teach First, Graduates, UK Impact, UK Politics, Children, UK Universities and Education, Schools, Teachers, UK Universities & Education News
Brett Wigdortz

We live in a nation where the link between family income and educational attainment is greater than in almost any other developed country - where 96% of young people educated in independent schools progress to university, compared to only 16% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

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GCSE Results Will Expose a Divide in British Society

Brett Wigdortz | Posted 24.10.2011 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Teach First, Education, Gcse, Exam Results, Teachers, Gcse Restuls, Teaching, Schooling, Schools, UK Universities & Education News
Brett Wigdortz

It would be hard not to notice that GCSE results were released this morning, and the headlines could probably have been written weeks in advance - lots of As and A*s

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Why Teach First needs to Become Bigger - and Universities need to Support it Properly, not Just With Warm Words

Lord Andrew Adonis | Posted 11.09.2011 | UK Politics
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Lord Andrew Adonis

Radical change is needed to counter this virtual apartheid within our education system. The elite private schools - all of them are charities, believe it or not - should all be setting up academies and become directly engaged in providing state-funded education by means of these independent state schools, extending their excellent academic teaching and success at university entrance to more deprived communities.

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