Looking After the Kids ; Lies, Damn Lies and School League Tables

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › January 18, 2011

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LAST week another set of school league tables were published which I believe rather than come with a government seal of approval should instead come with a government health warning.

Any publication that makes a judgement on a school's success or otherwise by only reporting on a fraction of what a school actually does has to be flawed and in my opinion is also highly dangerous and counter productive.

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Looking After the Kids ; Lies, Damn Lies and School League Tables

I listened this week to the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove give two justifications for why he felt the tables were useful....

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