With the World Cup kicking off more or less as you read this, it seems like a good time to reflect on the extent to which footballing analogies have crept into the education lexicon.
And it may also be worth making the point that the world of education is nothing like the world of sport. It is not a game of two halves over 90 minutes with winners and losers. It is a long game played over many years with the objective of helping every child to achieve. Indeed, the use of football terminology when applied to education is rarely positive. As we shall see.
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