I hadn't felt any 'empty nest' feelings until this summer when we went to Cornwall.

How would you grade the UK education system? Here are my thoughts following the summer 2025 GCSE and A-level results

As I record this blog, today is Friday 18th June 2021. For anyone working with or in, or has anything to do with secondary or tertiary education (if that’s still a phrase), be that as a parent, student, carer, tutor, teacher, SLT, lecturer, TA or admin, today is THE DAY. Today is the day when this shitstorm of an academic year reaches its crescendo, and when everything everyone has been through over the last 15 months is all condensed down to a spreadsheet of marks, and a filing cabinet (or many filing cabinets) of evidence to back up that spreadsheet.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://skwarepegrowndhole.wordpress.com/2021/06/18/todays-the-day/

It's been a crazy 14 months, and the Class of 2021 have been through it all. You are all amazing!

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://skwarepegrowndhole.wordpress.com/2021/05/23/class-of-2021/

Do our children need labels if they don't fit the expected norm? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://skwarepegrowndhole.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/labels/

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://skwarepegrowndhole.wordpress.com/2015/02/21/hello-world/  It was originally written 6 years ago, so I have updated the podcast a little but have left the blog as it is.