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Tag Archives: Gove
Talking tough on teacher standards
Rigour is a word that Michael Gove likes. We are to have rigorous public exams, rigour in the teaching profession, a rigorous approach to school accountability, perhaps even the Department for Rigour. As Head of a leading independent school I … Continue reading
Gove-levels
It looks like it is to be ‘all change’ again with simultaneous reforms of both GCSE and ‘A’ level. Over the next three years we are likely to see the largest overhaul of the public exams system since the introduction of … Continue reading
