Warwick Mansell

@warwickmansell

Dad of two. Founder/writer of the website Education Uncovered. Please support my work via a subscription to educationuncovered.co.uk Views personal.

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Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell Jul 12, 2018

Current (staggering) number of story tip-offs coming in is easily outnumbering people signing up to educationuncovered.co.uk as new subscribers. This is not sustainable, in the long run. If you think my work has value, please show your support with a subscription: only 7p per day.

Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell 20h

I do hear this a fair bit, and have experience of it. Yet some advocates for high-control schools argue that they benefit the "well-behaved" ones. Experience suggests it's far too easy simply to assume this is true in all aspects, and suggests need to investigate+speak to pupils.

Chompa @thedailymeghan 1d

@warwickmansell Poor lad. My daughter's school was ridiculous with unnecessary rules. And her being conscientious, she would tie herself in knots about getting penalised for being a few seconds late, or requiring a toilet break. She moved school, where rules were reasonable, and she thrived
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Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell 21h

New: Collapse of Athena Learning Trust may place spotlight on its former leaders, and raise questions about why figures from Michaela Community School could not replicate its success. (Lead story in this new diary column). educationuncovered.co.uk/analysis/diary…

Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell 23h

The coroner in this case is going to issue a prevention of future deaths report. But where is the analysis and learning from @educationgovuk , and from the education system, in cases such as this?

Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell 2d

This is the incredibly sad story that featured in BBC Radio 4's File on Four investigation "Strict Schools: Taking Discipline Too Far?" over the summer. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell 2d

This is the incredibly sad story that featured in BBC Radio 4's File on Four investigation "Strict Schools: Taking Discipline Too Far?" over the summer. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

www.bbc.co.uk Devon school's strict rules led to boy's death - coroner Taylor Lee, from Plymouth, Devon, took his own life after struggling with school.