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Where are we heading?

Senior leadership
After a raft of education announcements and developments, our headteacher diarist pauses to reflect on where the education system is heading.

What an interesting week it has been in terms of seeing the contortions of the great and the good trying to distance themselves from former policies as we move ever closer to an election. 

Free schools, the importance of employing qualified teachers (as opposed to anyone who fancies having a go or is in a redundancy position from our Armed Forces), teacher MOTs, the condition and costs of surveying school buildings... 

Now it seems like some kind of educational “hokey cokey” is taking place, as when reading the headlines we see that “we put phonics in, we take phonics out” is the latest advice to primary school leaders. 

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