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I could turn up at Highbury to see Arsenal play Chelsea and just pay £1 at the turnstile. (Or any other top division fixture). Using pocket money.
January 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I could turn up at Highbury to see Arsenal play Chelsea and just pay £1 at the turnstile. (Or any other top division fixture). Using pocket money.
Assuming this will be from census data then there will no longer be a defined group of pupils who are "pupils premium" children? Although many schools may continue to subsidise school trips etc for those on FSM.
December 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Assuming this will be from census data then there will no longer be a defined group of pupils who are "pupils premium" children? Although many schools may continue to subsidise school trips etc for those on FSM.
Land being kept aside for new runways
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Land being kept aside for new runways
You're probably glad Plaid don't stand in Sutton......
October 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
You're probably glad Plaid don't stand in Sutton......
The aggressive ones have black heads
August 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The aggressive ones have black heads
Interested to see detail on the 20%. How many are relatively low-paid careers that require degree qualifications?
August 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Interested to see detail on the 20%. How many are relatively low-paid careers that require degree qualifications?
I taught in same postcode from '87; there were at least a dozen primary schools with 100% EAL pupils. English test results rose from low to national average in the following 12 years or so. Several of those schools have closed or merged as ex-pupils move away to afford housing. None of this secret.
June 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I taught in same postcode from '87; there were at least a dozen primary schools with 100% EAL pupils. English test results rose from low to national average in the following 12 years or so. Several of those schools have closed or merged as ex-pupils move away to afford housing. None of this secret.
Maybe many of the people at the heart of government are fantastic at law, literature, philosophy, history etc and they think 110% of people with post 16 maths qualifications are geniuses or wizards.
June 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Maybe many of the people at the heart of government are fantastic at law, literature, philosophy, history etc and they think 110% of people with post 16 maths qualifications are geniuses or wizards.
I honestly didn't think of that. It would have been in the seventies so maybe I was watching comedy gestation on my way to the station. I feel faint.
June 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I honestly didn't think of that. It would have been in the seventies so maybe I was watching comedy gestation on my way to the station. I feel faint.
I once saw Ronnie Barker in Station Road, North Harrow. He was going to a hardware store.
It's the hardware store that woukd seem hallucinatory theses days.
It's the hardware store that woukd seem hallucinatory theses days.
June 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I once saw Ronnie Barker in Station Road, North Harrow. He was going to a hardware store.
It's the hardware store that woukd seem hallucinatory theses days.
It's the hardware store that woukd seem hallucinatory theses days.
Does this work if it's in a family group chat? Have 9 siblings and hard to believe none of them have turned off Read Receipts.
They don't care that I know they're ignoring me.
They don't care that I know they're ignoring me.
June 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Does this work if it's in a family group chat? Have 9 siblings and hard to believe none of them have turned off Read Receipts.
They don't care that I know they're ignoring me.
They don't care that I know they're ignoring me.
Can't she tell from WhatsApp wether her message has been delivered and then read?
June 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Can't she tell from WhatsApp wether her message has been delivered and then read?
I'm not sure, but when I went to (Newcastle) University in 1980, the almost brand new Metro didn't yet go to Sunderland. Might be too late to keep them out.
I seriously thought all cities had proper underground or at least tram systems. Living in Leeds a few years later dispelled that notion.
I seriously thought all cities had proper underground or at least tram systems. Living in Leeds a few years later dispelled that notion.
June 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I'm not sure, but when I went to (Newcastle) University in 1980, the almost brand new Metro didn't yet go to Sunderland. Might be too late to keep them out.
I seriously thought all cities had proper underground or at least tram systems. Living in Leeds a few years later dispelled that notion.
I seriously thought all cities had proper underground or at least tram systems. Living in Leeds a few years later dispelled that notion.
Wikipedia has Tyneside and 8th largest urban area. Adding Sunderland would move Tyne and Wear into 4th spot behind (Greater) Birmingham and Manchester.
June 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wikipedia has Tyneside and 8th largest urban area. Adding Sunderland would move Tyne and Wear into 4th spot behind (Greater) Birmingham and Manchester.
The overwhelming majority of the replies appear to be from people who view WFH as unquestionably practical in their work environment.
Major envy and feelings of niaivity developing here.
Major envy and feelings of niaivity developing here.
June 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The overwhelming majority of the replies appear to be from people who view WFH as unquestionably practical in their work environment.
Major envy and feelings of niaivity developing here.
Major envy and feelings of niaivity developing here.
If working from home becomes too widespread who on earth would choose to be a teacher or work in front line healthcare?
It wasn't something to consider in the 1980's when I foolishly elected to teach rather than have an office based job. Wouldn't have considered it in today's environment.
It wasn't something to consider in the 1980's when I foolishly elected to teach rather than have an office based job. Wouldn't have considered it in today's environment.
work.in
June 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If working from home becomes too widespread who on earth would choose to be a teacher or work in front line healthcare?
It wasn't something to consider in the 1980's when I foolishly elected to teach rather than have an office based job. Wouldn't have considered it in today's environment.
It wasn't something to consider in the 1980's when I foolishly elected to teach rather than have an office based job. Wouldn't have considered it in today's environment.
A small point maybe, but the article keeps referring to "officials" getting pensions. Avoiding pointing out that teaching assistants, family support workers and a whole host of essential council employed staff are also in the LGPS.
June 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A small point maybe, but the article keeps referring to "officials" getting pensions. Avoiding pointing out that teaching assistants, family support workers and a whole host of essential council employed staff are also in the LGPS.
Many dependents also work
May 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Many dependents also work
I hear talk of dons and bobbies whenever I'm on the Clapham omnibus
April 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I hear talk of dons and bobbies whenever I'm on the Clapham omnibus
That's the privilege of being the head teacher
March 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
That's the privilege of being the head teacher
That's Ronnie Barker on the left, isn't it?
January 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
That's Ronnie Barker on the left, isn't it?
Maybe much of 2018 PISA success was due to the improvement in Primary education feeding through and credit taken by The Gove.
January 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Maybe much of 2018 PISA success was due to the improvement in Primary education feeding through and credit taken by The Gove.
Where is the evidence that school improvement is due to or even largely due to academisation? Do you mean Secondary schools? Does decades of devolved funding, national curriculum, OfSted, SATs, increased funding, Literacy and Numeracy programmes etc etc not have an impact?
January 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Where is the evidence that school improvement is due to or even largely due to academisation? Do you mean Secondary schools? Does decades of devolved funding, national curriculum, OfSted, SATs, increased funding, Literacy and Numeracy programmes etc etc not have an impact?
Cricket commentator trying to fill a rain break
December 25, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Cricket commentator trying to fill a rain break
Opted out of my teachers' pension for a few years and, as I understand it, my employer still had to pay the treasury their 28%. Plus of course teachers pensions today almost half as valuable (but still good) than when I started in 1980's; none of the saving shared. So unions of course sceptical.
December 22, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Opted out of my teachers' pension for a few years and, as I understand it, my employer still had to pay the treasury their 28%. Plus of course teachers pensions today almost half as valuable (but still good) than when I started in 1980's; none of the saving shared. So unions of course sceptical.