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The FT bigs me up a bit…
ByJohn MayRather surprised this morning to wake and find myself being likened to Kingsley Amis and being described as an educational reformer. Stuart Rose and I have penned an article for a forthcoming book on education, which also include contributions by AC Grayling and Niall Ferguson. Andrew Roberts predicts that the book will “set the education…
TES Schools Awards
ByJohn MayA chance today to catch up with a few old friends at the first ever TES Schools Awards. One of the finalists was Chadsmead Primary in Lichfield, where I started my teaching career. Lester Davies is still headteacher and he had travelled down to London with two of his staff to attend the ceremony. He…
Two days of talk
ByJohn MayIt’s been a fairly packed two days. I arrived at Delhi international airport at about half past six in the morning, thanks to a delayed British Airways flight. From that moment on, everything has happened punctually, quite at odds with everything I’d been led to believe about the organisation of events in India. A taxi…

