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New FOI data: where in the UK did recent migrants move to?
And what impact did they have?
Jul 4
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New FOI data: where in the UK did recent migrants move to?
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June 2025
Prison officers as punchbags
And the theory of the lanyard class
Jun 27
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Neil O'Brien
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Prison officers as punchbags
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Sex education in schools: part two
Schools are trying to navigate a minefield, but the government it sitting on its hands - with bad consequences for kids
Jun 26
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Neil O'Brien
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Sex education in schools: part two
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Sex education in schools: part one
How sex education in schools has gone wrong
Jun 26
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Neil O'Brien
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Stargazing
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Jun 21
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Neil O'Brien
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Stargazing
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Labour have abandoned their main manifesto promise on education
In their General Election manifesto Labour promised they would employ an extra 6,500 more teachers. They have now abandoned that promise.
Jun 6
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Neil O'Brien
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Labour have abandoned their main manifesto promise on education
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May 2025
The confluence
Britain's problems are all compounding one another. We need a total change of direction.
May 30
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The confluence
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Blinded by the light?
I'm getting more and more complaints about car headlights
May 9
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Neil O'Brien
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Phonics in primary schools: an unfinished revolution
Phonics and the phonics check have improved standards - but there is much more to do
May 7
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Neil O'Brien
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Phonics in primary schools: an unfinished revolution
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April 2025
DFE versus the Home Office on foreign students
Overseas students mean very different things in different parts of our HE system
Apr 24
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Neil O'Brien
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Down a Norwegian rabbit hole at Easter
A search for a tune I heard thirteen years ago has led all kinds of good places
Apr 18
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Measuring attainment and disadvantage in schools
And why the 'John Harvey Jones' model of school improvement isn't the way forward.
Apr 8
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