Helping children master reading fluency

Helping children master reading fluency

I was not a good reader at school; I read the Redwall series by Brian Jacques at an embarrassingly late age and, more mortifyingly, after my brother … who is 4 years younger than me. The shame. However, it may just be that I wasn’t taught reading fluency strategically...
More than a game

More than a game

When I think back to my childhood there is one thing that always stands out – my parents unwavering patience, as I tried what must have felt like every sport under the sun: Tennis, Netball, Hockey, Swimming, Fencing, Ballet the list goes on. And with such a...
Private schools dominate top jobs in the UK

Private schools dominate top jobs in the UK

The Sutton Trust has just released its latest report on social mobility, the impartially (wink, wink) titled ‘Elitist Britain’ uses temperate language whilst talking about the elite’s “vice-like grip” on top jobs in the UK. This is, of course, neither new nor news; as...