I have been a teacher for 26 years, a Headteacher for 11 years and, at the age of 50 this much I (DON’T) know about why Education is not on the General Election agenda. Remember 1997? In his latest book Alistair Campbell…
This much I (don’t) know about…the future of ICT in schools
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I (don’t) know about the future of ICT in schools. We all know the Wayne Gretzky quotation,…
This much I know/have recently learnt about…developing curriculum and assessment
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and one of the Headteachers’ Roundtable for a matter of weeks, and, at the age of 48, this much I know/have recently learnt about developing…
This much (I think) I know about…the English Language GCSE debacle!
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years and a Headteacher for 9 years and at the age of 48 this much (I think) I know about the English Language GCSE debacle. The Roman playwright Terence wrote, Nothing…
This much I know (with apologies to the Observer magazine)
I have been a Headteacher for nine years now and at the age of 47, this much I know… I hardly remember a single lesson from my own school days. In third year French I fell off my seat backwards…
Why the COVID-19 crisis requires the recall of Parliament
Important caveat: without wanting to sound remotely self-important, I need to point out that I write this simply as John Tomsett, British citizen. The only way death is not meaningless is to see yourself as part of something greater: a…