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The challenges of education until 18

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Soon all students will have to remain in education and training until 18. But will be able to cater effectively for them all, asks Marion Gibbs.

I have just spent the early part of this evening helping to run a meeting for a highly motivated group of teachers. They have come together from a dozen or so schools in Southwark and neighbouring boroughs and are working on projects in English, languages, chemistry and physics.

Some are fairly new to teaching, others are very experienced, but they have a shared passion: a desire to provide the best possible learning and teaching for their students and to exchange and share their ideas. The buzz was palpable as they discussed what works well in the classroom, what works less successfully, what students find difficult, and what non-specialist teachers might find particularly challenging.

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