Maggy

I'm not defending poor or bad teaching BUT I do blame this and previous governments for pursuing ideological and political aims. The funding available per child in the system is pitiful and yet there is plenty of money for pet schemes like free schools and academies and apparently grammar schools. It's all vanity stuff to try and win votes without ever really sorting out the whole system so it provides a fair,free,effective and available to all education.

Tick box education doesn't work because staff have no time to go back and repeat where their students are not grasping a particular skill or facts but have to move on to the next stage on the curriculum because that's what's expected..I did get very frustrated by that aspect myself.To keep running out of time before a subject has been thoroughly covered because there is a timeline involved just seems like failing those individuals who need a little extra time.