Model school where a third of pupils can't get a place at a state secondaryFound a copy of the observer on the tube yesterday and was interested by this article. Seems strange that the education system has come to this ( Read more... )

So the general consensus is that this is, in fact, a stapler (or according to webofevil, a Wilson's Patented Staplophasic Connectogram ( Read more... )

Outside the tower at lunchtime I was passed by a group of school children. Most of them seemed to have various badges sewn onto their blazers saying things like "Academic", "The Arts", "Music", etc. I'm guessing this must be some variation on the scouts badge idea. I've never heard of schools doing this before ( Read more... )