What is the purpose of education? Is it to develop academically or to develop children ready to face the world ahead of them? There is no doubt our children will be entering a very different world from what we are experiencing now and the question we must ask is whether we are giving them the best e...

Name: Mrs L Canterbury What is your favourite science field to teach and why? Any lesson which involves setting fire to things or taking something apart works for me! Science is all about discovery and my favourite sort of lesson is one where my pupils are actively involved in exciting and relev...

In a world which seems increasingly to be driven by social media with its limiting and somewhat populist and opinionated messages, I have been concerned for some time that our children are increasingly isolated from a reality which still requires a broad and holistic view of the world to provide bal...