Category Archives: Education

The Blair Government invested heavily in early years education and the Cameron Government began well by promising to retain childrens centres. That has become one more piece of this Governments hyperbole at best. The truth was that Blairs reforms did not go far enough and now the ground is being moved from under our childrens feet. No stone should be left unturned as we protect the future of our next generation.

Is this why Trump opposes Huawei?

Posted on June 30, 2019 by ianchisnall

When my last Blackberry mobile phone was damaged beyond use and my provider offered me a Huawei device as an alternative to Samsung, I took their advice and now have a Huawei mobile phone. For at least one reason that … Continue reading →

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A few crumbs under the Grammar School table

Posted on June 25, 2019 by ianchisnall

Thanks to Angela Rayner asking this Question last Thursday, we now know two things. The first is that 98.6% of the money set aside to expand the Grammar Schools across our nation in the last financial year was spent on … Continue reading →

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Invite Nick to visit your School – and find out how things are!

Posted on June 23, 2019 by ianchisnall

One of the blogs I read regularly is published under the @TeacherToolkit title by Ross Morrison McGill. His blog today refers to visits to Schools by Nick Gibb, the Government Minister responsible for Schools as part of the Department for … Continue reading →

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Two politicians who appear to ignore their past

Posted on June 19, 2019 by ianchisnall

The track record for Pickles and Blunkett when it comes to reducing the loss of funds to schools and preventing public bodies (such as schools)from spending money on unnecessary publications is very clear. The speech was made by Blunkett when … Continue reading →

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Telegraph journalists need to experience the real world

Posted on June 11, 2019 by ianchisnall

Our Government claimed almost a year ago that austerity had ended, even though the cuts to police, education, NHS, low income benefits and local government are still impacting the deepest bones of our society. However if suddenly the Government discovered … Continue reading →

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Gibb and Loughton must explain their comments

Posted on June 10, 2019 by ianchisnall

One of the most fantastic events that took place last week was the celebration of 75 years since the D Day departure and landing, an event that began the end of our last world war. This is why President Trump … Continue reading →

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A wake up call for the Department for Education?

Posted on June 6, 2019 by ianchisnall

A few weeks ago I wrote a piece that related to a debate that had taken place in Parliament about modern language education and in that debate Nick Gibb, the Schools Minister made it very clear that in the light … Continue reading →

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A Bizarre attitude towards a single vote

Posted on May 8, 2019 by ianchisnall

Just over a week ago MPs were debating a matter that will have a huge impact on our educational infrastructure. It was clear from the debate that the impact on our Universities of our departure from the EU is going … Continue reading →

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Studying EU languages is a demand from Brexit supporting MPs

Posted on May 6, 2019 by ianchisnall

The following is my piece in Today’s Argus column: Following the major shift in 10 out of the 13 District and Borough Councils across Sussex and the impact here in Brighton and Hove last Thursday it is hard to fully understand … Continue reading →

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The need to resolve all Cabinet leaks!

Posted on May 2, 2019 by ianchisnall

As the media trawls through the problems caused by someone that the Cabinet claims is Gavin Williamson and who has apparently sworn on his children lives he was not guilty and MPs are demanding he is taken to Court, it … Continue reading →

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