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Emma Westcott

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Executive Director, Strategy and Insight at the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Social policy, politics, art, books, pottery, feminism, social justice, a cat or two. Own views.

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Emma Westcott @ecwestcott.bsky.social · 1d

Monday again.

Emma Westcott @ecwestcott.bsky.social · 1d

Some readers

Emma Westcott @ecwestcott.bsky.social · 2d

Some readers, all by Felice Casorati

Emma Westcott @ecwestcott.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly! The lack of science specialists is a critical contextual factor.

Emma Westcott @ecwestcott.bsky.social · 2d

Sciences are important in the mix but no strong reason for stuffing the KS4 with them at the expense of other subjects. If kids with 3 scis at GCSE do well that’s as likely to be correlation with other advantages, not necessarily causative.

Emma Westcott @ecwestcott.bsky.social · 2d

Justin Webb has a tendency towards the glib. Said on Today that the difference between 3 science GCSE option and the 2 is that three sciences is ‘basically the academic route’. My daughter took two and is thriving in her arts and social sci A levels. She also did a language unlike many peers 1/

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.

Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.

No govt targets to cut poverty.

1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.