If you want to order some for your association or you school email electpatmurphy@gmail.com with how many and an address to send them to.
Thursday, 11 December 2014
Leaflet for the campaign
Leaflets for the campaign have now been made. They're off to the printers this weekend and will land in schools in the first week in January.
If you want to order some for your association or you school email electpatmurphy@gmail.com with how many and an address to send them to.
If you want to order some for your association or you school email electpatmurphy@gmail.com with how many and an address to send them to.
Even Ofsted thinks academies aren't that good!
Today Michael Wilshaw, the hated head of Ofsted, has said that struggling schools are no better as academies than under local authority control.
But don't get out the party hats too soon. Whilst Wilshaw might be keen to have a dig at academies in his ongoing spat with the Tories, he still doesn't think local authorities are that good either.
Well we think local authorities are the place schools should be. Where they fail it is usually down to understaffing or under-funding as a result of central government budget cuts.
But don't get out the party hats too soon. Whilst Wilshaw might be keen to have a dig at academies in his ongoing spat with the Tories, he still doesn't think local authorities are that good either.
Well we think local authorities are the place schools should be. Where they fail it is usually down to understaffing or under-funding as a result of central government budget cuts.
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Why the insistence that state schools be more like private schools?
Mossbourne academy in Hackney, where famously Ofsted's Michel Wilshaw was headteacher, has said it will be selecting 10 year 9 school places each year by student's potential rowing ability.
Why rowing? Because the headteacher Peter Hughes wants the academy to be the first state school to win the Henley Regatta. He said “We’re obviously looking at what the elite private schools are doing and doing our best to replicate that."
In February Michael Gove also said he wanted state schools to be more like private schools. Not by suggesting that they should have the smaller class sizes and better facilities that private schools get by their funding, but by saying that state schools should be open longer hours and have more testing and competition.
Whilst I think every child should have the choice and facilities to row if they want, and that sure, fine if a state school wants to compete in the Henley Regatta go for it. I think that this need to emulate private schools is worrying.
The only way we should emulate private schools is by increasing the funding of state schools to the sorts of levels private schools manage to hoard. One way to do that and level the educational playing field between state and private — abolish private schools!
Why rowing? Because the headteacher Peter Hughes wants the academy to be the first state school to win the Henley Regatta. He said “We’re obviously looking at what the elite private schools are doing and doing our best to replicate that."
In February Michael Gove also said he wanted state schools to be more like private schools. Not by suggesting that they should have the smaller class sizes and better facilities that private schools get by their funding, but by saying that state schools should be open longer hours and have more testing and competition.
Whilst I think every child should have the choice and facilities to row if they want, and that sure, fine if a state school wants to compete in the Henley Regatta go for it. I think that this need to emulate private schools is worrying.
The only way we should emulate private schools is by increasing the funding of state schools to the sorts of levels private schools manage to hoard. One way to do that and level the educational playing field between state and private — abolish private schools!
Nicky Morgan “As a Christian Secretary of State for Education, I will oppose secular, politically correct dogma”
After much set by the union's "Gove must go!" slogan, after which Gove did go, and we were left with ... another Tory! Who'da thunk it!?
Much has been said about the problems of Nicky Morgan. She is anti-LGBT rights, and, well a Tory! However somehow we seem to be struggling to hate her as much as we hated Gove.
Well here something that might help. In an interview for Conservative Home (a Tory blog), Morgan said “As a Christian Secretary of State for Education, I will oppose secular, politically correct dogma”.
Not only that but ... "as an Education Secretary I’m a huge supporter of faith schools, a huge supporter of Church schools, I think that our education system owes a massive amount to the Church of England and to the Catholic Church."
So the new Secretary of State for Education is a bit big on religious interference in children's education and of institutionalising that with faith schools.
She also seems quite keen on Grammar schools. “Well we set out very clear criteria for how the extension of a grammar school could be approved, and obviously we’ve got one application that’s been made at the moment that’s going to be decided on those very clear criteria.”
Good old tory then, dividing the rich from the poor!
Much has been said about the problems of Nicky Morgan. She is anti-LGBT rights, and, well a Tory! However somehow we seem to be struggling to hate her as much as we hated Gove.
Well here something that might help. In an interview for Conservative Home (a Tory blog), Morgan said “As a Christian Secretary of State for Education, I will oppose secular, politically correct dogma”.
Not only that but ... "as an Education Secretary I’m a huge supporter of faith schools, a huge supporter of Church schools, I think that our education system owes a massive amount to the Church of England and to the Catholic Church."
So the new Secretary of State for Education is a bit big on religious interference in children's education and of institutionalising that with faith schools.
She also seems quite keen on Grammar schools. “Well we set out very clear criteria for how the extension of a grammar school could be approved, and obviously we’ve got one application that’s been made at the moment that’s going to be decided on those very clear criteria.”
Good old tory then, dividing the rich from the poor!
Monday, 1 December 2014
Launch meeting for Pat's campaign
All supporters are welcome to a launch meeting for Pat's campaign to discuss how to run the campaign and how to get involved.
When: Saturday 13th December
Time: 4-5pm
Where: UCL Pearson G17, Gower Street, London
https://www.facebook.com/events/396952380430097/
When: Saturday 13th December
Time: 4-5pm
Where: UCL Pearson G17, Gower Street, London
https://www.facebook.com/events/396952380430097/
Friday, 28 November 2014
Officially on the ballot paper
I am now officially on the ballot paper. Thank you for all the associations who have nominated me.
The next step is to get publicity out there. If you think you can help publicise my candidacy please get in touch @ electpatmurphy@gmail.com . We particularly need people to help with press coverage and internet coverage.
Can your association send out leaflets and posters to schools? Get in touch.
The next step is to get publicity out there. If you think you can help publicise my candidacy please get in touch @ electpatmurphy@gmail.com . We particularly need people to help with press coverage and internet coverage.
Can your association send out leaflets and posters to schools? Get in touch.
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