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August has always been problematic for me. When I was a teacher, I found that at the end of the summer term it usually took a week or so for the adrenaline to subside. Then I would sleep for a week. After a bit, the mid-august blues would take hold, characterised by a depressing combination of indolence and guilt.  No timetable, no deadlines, no colleague’s hassling for action, just lots of amorphous faffing about. Meanwhile, the anxiety builds - what has to be done before th

My title for this post is taken from the latest book by David Hargreaves. The full title is Schooling Reimagined: Educating for a More...

Apparently, Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary in the UK is worried about ‘ overdiagnosis’ .  Those interested in the debate about that...

You may have noticed a hiatus in my posts, for which I apologise. Let me explain. My capacity for writing has been entirely used up by...