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Month: August 2018

Africa: Small is Beautiful?

Africa is huge. We all know that. That is has huge challenges ahead of it is also common knowledge. Xan Smiley, writing in the Spectator last week, highlights brilliantly the failure of British policy over many years which have inadvertently led to the propping up of dictatorships, the incoherent distribution of aid, or the lack… Read More Africa: Small is Beautiful?

August 21, 2018 jerebarnesedu1 Comment

Primary Schools in 2018: Where next?

Blimey, what has happened? What has happened to the school system in the last few years? And where and how do I fit in? Throughout the entire period of my time as a deputy headteacher or headteacher, I’ve been caught up in the inexorable rise of market technocracy in schools – remarkably, (as I don’t… Read More Primary Schools in 2018: Where next?

August 9, 2018August 14, 2018 jerebarneseduLeave a comment

The Headmaster’s New Funding Announcement.

The six-month break had done Derek a whole lotta good. He had a new perspective on life, was less defeatist, more combative. In short, Derek was ready for another shot at a career in education. The question was what, and where? Over his Coco-Pops one morning, he scrolled through the TES pages on his cracked… Read More The Headmaster’s New Funding Announcement.

August 7, 2018April 19, 2019 jerebarneseduLeave a comment

The Joy of Belonging

My Mum turned 80 a few days ago and, in celebration, our family descended on a small Catalan village in France. It was great. More about it in a moment. First, a brief word on the Catalan reference. This is relevant to what I want to say about ‘belonging’. I’ve written in a previous blog… Read More The Joy of Belonging

August 1, 2018 jerebarneseduLeave a comment

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