Reflections on year 12 and year 10
Another school year is over and my kids have reached the end of year 12 and year 10. It’s been a big year for both…
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Apprenticeships: A realistic alternative to university
If you’ve got a child in year 12, you’re probably both thinking about the next stage about now. Let’s be honest, having a child in…
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Back to school, back to normal?
It’s already been three weeks since my kids went back to school. Although they were looking forward to a bit of normality after six months…
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Will GCSE and A Level results 2020 mean anything?
In just a few days, hundreds of thousands of students will get their A Level results. A week later, around 700,000 young people, including my…
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Why a girls’ grammar school might be the best choice for a boy
It’s been over a year since my son left the girls’ grammar school where he had studied for two years. He walked in there with…
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How to get a teenager to do their homework
If you’ve come here looking for answers, I’m afraid you’ve come to the wrong place. I am firmly of the view that you CAN’T get…
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The A Level results
So my 18 year old son has only gone and smashed it with his A Levels. Lots of kids will have done. But for my…
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Adjusting to year 10
I don’t remember year 10 being a particularly big step up for my eldest (probably because he never did much work, whatever year he was…
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Illness and school attendance
My younger son has had 10 days off sick in year 8. Specifically, he has had 10 days off sick in the spring term of…
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Amazing parents’ evening
My younger son is a highly intelligent boy, who has always been a long way ahead of his peers. Now he’s at a grammar school…
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A lack of PE
I love our primary school and always have. It’s pretty good academically, the teachers are lovely, the building is fabulous and they really strive to…
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Starting the GCSE revision
Now I’m not sure when the optimum time to start GCSE revision is, but my instinct tells me it’s February half-term – three months before…
