b) GCSE results dictate post-16 choices; A-Level results dictate university choices. So grades matter a lot to young people (particularly those wanting to go to university).
c) Milburn was right at the heart of public service reform that involved increasing accountability against things like GCSEs.
More things like work experience, and less focus on exams, particularly in KS3, would be good to see, but:
a) Employers have been complaining about lack of work readiness "forever" and will continue to do so, regardless.
b)...
The cultural sickness I get sad about isn't convenience it's... completism I suppose, the constant urge to revisit, the idea that gaps in a story exist to be filled in, or that albums are better with 2 CDs of outtakes, or that you know a thing most truthfully when you have all its production context
Those kids had it coming.
... onto people too young to have much agency.
That sounds great, and yes they certainly do.
I think what's tough is that, as they go through secondary into adulthood, they have some hard choices about how they square the global picture with the decisions society is making and their own personal choices. Danger is that gets pushed down...
... there's the other 90%, plus all the off-shored emissions.
UK emissions from electricity generation are our great success story but even there we're going to hit restrictions without significant technological breakthroughs and major infrastructure investment.
Bu then...
... prepared to do the life-changing things that are required to get anywhere near net-zero.
I'd be surprised if many children get through Primary without encountering this idea, but what they encounter will certainly be pretty patchy.
OTOH need to be careful to avoid children acquiring (yet) another thing to worry about when the overwhelming majority of adults (including me) aren't...
It's just this thread was about the triple lock and I'm guessing out-of-work (and in-work) benefits for working age people are lower to start with, and increasing more slowly. But I'm not familiar with the figures.
I'm clear you're not going to have a high standard of living if your only income is the state pension. I was just wondering how it compares to someone in very similar circumstances but under state pension age.
You asked, "is this guy actually threatening to nuke London?"
And the answer to that question is, "No".
I'm not trying to defend his reasoning.
Yes, sorry, unclear.
I'm asking about if they are not working before or after retirement.
No. He's drawing a comparison and suggesting that the economic impact of the current war should be seen as a small price to pay to ensure there's no possibility of a nuclear strike on London by Iran in the future.
It's b****x ofc, but it's not totally deranged.
If a single person, or working age couple, without children hit state pension age, how does their income from the government change? Does it stay about the same, or go up or down?
... he's actually just finally back to the sort of work he did regularly at primary.
I continue to think KS2-KS3 transition is the biggest weakness in our education system.
My Y11 son is working hard at the kitchen table. He is quietly concentrating, his handwriting is neat and legible, the writing is in sustained paragraphs...
I suspect any teachers that saw his work through from KS3 would think this is the result of 5 years of development through secondary, but...
Hi all,
Just a reminder about The Academy Dress Code. Yesterday, Mr Johnson Head of PE, came to an SLT interview dressed in just a T-shirt and very short shorts. This is not really acceptable for an Assistant Headship in The Academy, although we did admire his balls.
Thanks x
This looks remarkably like 52% in favour. That is, I have heard, an overwhelming majority, and the will of the people.
Presumably the thinking is that since the last one worked out so well...?
Yes, but was thinking more like 'work' and 'weight'. At least a strange quark is a bit strange, and it's hard to confuse quark the quantum object with quark the cheese.
Yeah, at least physicists only use short words for things that aren't what everyone else uses the word for.
BREAKING: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán has called Péter Magyar to concede defeat in today's election.
With 53.45% of votes counted, Magyar's TISZA looks set to secure a super majority.
A defeat for Putin, a defeat for Trump, a victory for Europe, and above all, a victory for the Hungarian people.
Monday 13th April Last week four astronauts travelled further away from Earth than anybody ever has before. Breaking the record set during Apollo 13 in 1970. This is one of the amazing images taken by the crew of Artemis II last week on their flypast of the moon. Astronaut Christina Koch said of looking back: “What struck me wasn’t necessarily just Earth. It was all the blackness around it. Earth was just this lifeboat, hanging undisturbed in the universe.” The next Artemis Mission (scheduled for Summer 2027) will land people, including the first woman on the moon for the first time since 1972. Did you watch any of the coverage of the Artemis mission last week? How does this image of Earth make you feel? How do you feel about the prospect of men and women on the moon next year?
Monday 13th April This is one of the amazing images taken by the crew of Artemis II last week on their flypast of the moon. Astronaut Christina Koch said of looking back: “What struck me wasn’t necessarily just Earth. It was all the blackness around it. Earth was just this lifeboat, hanging undisturbed in the universe.” Did you watch any of the coverage? How does this image of Earth make you feel?
For those back at school tomorrow, TGT looks at the Artemis mission. I really hope no one in your class missed all mention of it, but just in case... Here's one of the pictures of the tiny fragile Earth, described as a 'lifeboat' by Christina Koch.
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orban concedes
OMG yes!
So, I think the total cost is higher than claims on car insurance but you're probably right that some £100s/year over a lifetime would probably do it. Might be high hundreds, though.
Dilnot Commission (2011) estimated that 50% of people aged 65 and over will spend up to £20,000 on care costs. The Department of Health and Social Care estimates that one in seven people will face costs of more than £100,000.
Yes, I think the average car insurance claim is ~£5k, although a few car insurance claims presumably run into £millions if someone subsequently needs round-the-clock medical care.
Image of the cover of Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle.
Yes, sure, absolutely no-one has ever retired from the UK to go and live in France.
The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT.
From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't.
A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings: