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Spirituality in education

Quoted from Ofsted Handbook for the Inspection of Schools, 1994 Spiritual development relates to that aspect of inner life through which pupils acquire insights into their personal existence which are of enduring worth. It is characterised by reflection, the attribution of meaning to experience, valuing a non-material dimension to life and intimations of an enduring

Am I undereducated?

I find myself in an odd position. My wife has just started an Access course at a local college with the objective of starting at University on an undergraduate physiotherapy course the following year, at the same time as our older daughter is scheduled to go to University (unless she gets cold feet, or decided

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Guiding a child’s education

It is always hard to know whether or not you have done the right thing for your kids. Around eight years ago we moved from Caterham in Surrey to my home town in Shropshire. There were a number of reasons for doing this, not least being quality of life, but the main two were: *

@AC_M GCSE = General certifica…

@AC_M GCSE = General certificate of secondary education in UK, mostly taken around age 16. Secondary education is from age 11 to 16.

Life after school

My eldest daughter is coming to the end of her first year of study for her A levels and is looking around at universities. Until very recently, my wife and I were unsure that she was actually interested in a university education. She had this idea that even if she did pursue a degree, she

My daughter wants a prom dress

We never had Prom events to end one’s compulsory years of education in my day but it does seem to be catching on in the UK influenced one assumes by the popularity of these events in America as reflected in so many films. As my wife used to be a couture dressmaker and is still

A couple of days

With agreement from my boss, I took an couple of days holiday at the begriming of the week. Three reasons: My knee was really giving me gyp but not sufficiently so for me to justify taking sick leave; My eldest daughter was due to register for 6th form college on the Monday and I wanted