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.

My choices? My demands?

Posted on September 9, 2016 by ianchisnall

According to debates and discussions that have taken place over the last 36 hours on various national political stages it seems as our nation is about to plunge into a very unfamiliar educational environment. The introduction of new Grammar Schools … Continue reading →

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Invest in early years education

Posted on August 25, 2016 by ianchisnall

Over the last 2 weeks the decision by the Labour led Brighton & Hove City Council to reduce the pay of early years educators in their Council run Nurseries has been the subject of several twitter debates, that I have … Continue reading →

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Price vs Value for our children

Posted on August 13, 2016 by ianchisnall

This week a local newspaper  carried a piece on the pay levels for workers in local authority run childrens centres and nurseries. Councillor, Tom Bewick is quoted as saying “The current workforce is very expensive when compared to the private sector. We … Continue reading →

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Lets have some consistency

Posted on August 6, 2016 by ianchisnall

This Government appears to makes inconsistent decisions about the way they spend our money. In November 2012 I was a candidate for the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election, a new role that received a great deal of publicity as … Continue reading →

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One of our Ministers is missing

Posted on August 2, 2016 by ianchisnall

On 1st July 2016 the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education, Sam Gyimah spoke at the annual conference National Day Nurseries Association where he announced that he would be reviewing the staff structure to deliver the 30 hours of free … Continue reading →

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Amazing sounds and sights

Posted on July 27, 2016 by ianchisnall

A few days ago the on-line Telegraph published a video of a 3 month old baby hearing the voice of her mother for the first time. Idaho resident Annabelle Lawrence was born profoundly deaf, but doctors discovered that her auditory nerve … Continue reading →

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Queen Canute

Posted on July 5, 2016 by ianchisnall

At a time when politicians are seen as deeply untrustworthy by many people in our society, for a senior politician to publish statistics and then ask the public to ignore them seems destined to go one way only. If the data … Continue reading →

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Department for Education is out-standing!

Posted on June 20, 2016 by ianchisnall

Last week in the House of Commons, an MP asked a question of three Government departments. The question was the same to each department. To ask the Secretary of State for ____________, if he will take steps to ensure that staff … Continue reading →

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Could do much better

Posted on June 14, 2016 by ianchisnall

According to a disturbing report from Parliaments Public Accounts Committee, the Government does not have a plan to ensure that our Schools have enough teachers or the right types of specialists needed to teach our children. The challenge of matching the … Continue reading →

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Children and Young People need to be heard

Posted on June 13, 2016 by ianchisnall

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has just published its fifth review of the UK and has highlighted a raft of “serious concerns” about our nations treatment of vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people. An article … Continue reading →

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