Education

British Values in Schools

British Values in Schools

Our Head of Research, Calvin Robinson argues that our schools have a responsibility to promote British values, in order to unify our society once more   Are we doing all we can to promote British values as a society? A key demographic for this as outlined during the Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition government of 2010-2015 was to be schools. […]

by · 3rd July 2019 · Education
University is just one pathway for our school leavers

University is just one pathway for our school leavers

By Elizabeth Anderson We live in a bubble.  By which I mean, I suspect the majority of people who read this blog will be degree educated, politically active (or at least politically aware), and more likely than not, in or around London.  For us, a bachelors or even a masters is a given – it’s quite simply what people do.  […]

by · 21st August 2017 · Education
SOLUTION REPORT – Free Schools for a Free Society

SOLUTION REPORT – Free Schools for a Free Society

A new report, prepared for Parliament Street by Tom Burkard and Colin McKenzie. In England, good teachers are leaving the profession at the same time that school rolls are increasing.  Even good schools often have difficulty filling vacancies.  Workload and poor discipline have made teaching a highly stressful occupation—and school improvement programmes can add substantially to workload.  The problem is […]

by · 8th February 2017 · Tory Thought, Education, Research
Our support for Grammar Schools picked up by the Daily Mail

Our support for Grammar Schools picked up by the Daily Mail

Our support for the Conservative Government’s policy to create a new generation of grammar schools, alongside esteemed think-tanks such as Respublica and the Centre for Policy Studies, has been picked up in today’s Daily Mail. Click here for a link to the full article.    

by · 13th August 2016 · Education, Press Room