Time was moving on, and Derek’s downsizing was becoming a source of stress. Much as he protested, he knew he would have to return to a full-time job, and soon. ‘All that education I received! And look at me – no good to anyone,’ he protested one morning. ‘Well, you’re good enough to me, darling’,… Read More The Headteacher’s New Secondment

I posted something on twitter today – a sort of rhetorical exhalation on the subject of SATs ‘boosters’ during holidays. It’s received plenty of responses so I feel I must expand on this now and finish with (possibly) a controversial conclusion. One of my recent blogs championed the primary school as a place full of… Read More Happy Holidays.