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Baccalaureate
The National Baccalaureate for England is taking shape. @NatBaccTrust
Last week, the National Baccalaureate Trust board gathered at the Edge Foundation offices to push forward with our mission. We’re due to update our website very soon but already natbacctrust.org provides lots of useful information. In particular, this is useful background http://www.natbacctrust.org/about-the-nbfe/ Scroll down to read our FAQs and follow some of the links for further information. At … Continue reading
RSA Occupy The Curriculum: The Case for a National Baccalaureate
From 2 mins 30, here is my talk at the RSA’s Occupy the Curriculum event. The rationale for the National Baccalaureate for England. Huge thanks to Joe Hallgarten for inviting me and to my fellow panelists for a great discussion. Related links: The National Baccalaureate Convention The English Baccalaureate: Coming Soon! If you would … Continue reading
Our Comprehensive Curriculum for All
One of my main goals in my first year at Highbury Grove has been to review the curriculum and make the changes necessary for September 2015. I’m really pleased with the process and the outcome; parents, governors, staff and students have all influenced the thinking through various consultation processes. I described some of this in … Continue reading
The Trivium and the Baccalaureate: The flesh and the bones of a great education.
At Highbury Grove, we’re actively developing our thinking about the curriculum, pedagogy and learning ethos we want to create, shaping the educational experience of our students in line with our overarching values and vision. There are three interrelated strands to the thinking: 1. The National Baccalaureate @Highbury Grove. In line with the national developments, … Continue reading
The English National Baccalaureate. Coming Soon! Updated.
(Updated 8th Jan below) After a couple of years working on this, it seems that we may be in a position to launch a genuine National Baccalaureate for England in the near future. 2015 could be the year. In November we hosted the National Baccalaureate Summit at my school, bringing all the key players … Continue reading
Unleashing Greatness? Education Reform in Action
” You can mandate adequacy … greatness has to be unleashed” Joel Klein – via Sir Michael Barber Ever since I attended the London Festival of Education at the IoE in November 2012, I’ve had a sense that education reform was there for the taking – it’s just a case of people getting organised and … Continue reading
Labour’s National Baccalaureate: Strong on Principles and Pragmatism
Over the last year, I’ve been working with IoE Director, Chris Husbands, as a member of the Labour Skills Task Force; it has been a fascinating process. This week the third and final report from the group was published, outlining some recommendations for 14-19 curriculum and qualifications reform. I recommend reading the report in detail … Continue reading
Towards a Proper English Baccalaureate
Before joining KEGS as Head, I used to work as Head of Secondary at the British International School in Jakarta. It was an extraordinary experience on many levels. One of the features of the school that gave us confidence that we were delivering an extremely strong educational product was that we ran the English Curriculum … Continue reading
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