Published in TES magazine on 22 June, 2012 This week: Rod Liddle We read a lot of stupid attacks on teachers by newspaper columnists, but Rod Liddle’s rant in last week’s Sunday Times was notably idiotic. Liddle argued that teachers were opposing changes to the national curriculum because they hated… read full article »

  Increase in failing schools paints a ‘worrying picture’, he says An Ofsted inspector has spoken out against the watchdog’s “frightening” new regime, warning that it is failing too many schools and suggesting that chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw is partly to blame. Graham Lancaster, an Essex-based inspector, broke ranks… read full article »