James Whiting
@jame54.bsky.social
General Secretary of Socialist Educational Association, retired drama teacher and deputy head , ex- inspector, Fulham fan
Curriculum Review: An initial SEA response
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Curriculum Review: An initial SEA response
Blog 49
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November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Curriculum Review: An initial SEA response
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What is behind the White Working Class Obsession?
Blog 47 digs beneath Bridget Phillipson's concern with white working class attainment and Richard Hatcher raises issues around the proposal to hand powers over education to combined authorities.
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October 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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The Results of the SEA Ballot for the Nomination of Deputy leader were as follows:
Turn Out 53%
Bridget Phillipson 16%
No Nomination 19%
Lucy Powell 68%
The SEA has therefore nominated Lucy Powell for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
The NEC did not advise members.
Turn Out 53%
Bridget Phillipson 16%
No Nomination 19%
Lucy Powell 68%
The SEA has therefore nominated Lucy Powell for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
The NEC did not advise members.
September 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The Results of the SEA Ballot for the Nomination of Deputy leader were as follows:
Turn Out 53%
Bridget Phillipson 16%
No Nomination 19%
Lucy Powell 68%
The SEA has therefore nominated Lucy Powell for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
The NEC did not advise members.
Turn Out 53%
Bridget Phillipson 16%
No Nomination 19%
Lucy Powell 68%
The SEA has therefore nominated Lucy Powell for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
The NEC did not advise members.
August 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
MATS to get the majority of new nursery funding
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MATS to get the majority of new nursery funding
Blog 42 checks in on Phillipson's new nursery funding announcement and considers the NEU's contribution to the 'Year of Trade Union Climate Action'.
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July 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
MATS to get the majority of new nursery funding
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June 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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An inconvenient truth for the racists and xenophobes (and Labour):
Low birth rate in the UK inevitably means fewer young supporting ever more older people.
Immigration brings in young people and eases the problem.
Without it, everyone must work longer.
Low birth rate in the UK inevitably means fewer young supporting ever more older people.
Immigration brings in young people and eases the problem.
Without it, everyone must work longer.
May 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
An inconvenient truth for the racists and xenophobes (and Labour):
Low birth rate in the UK inevitably means fewer young supporting ever more older people.
Immigration brings in young people and eases the problem.
Without it, everyone must work longer.
Low birth rate in the UK inevitably means fewer young supporting ever more older people.
Immigration brings in young people and eases the problem.
Without it, everyone must work longer.
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Where now for the Curriculum?
Blog 36. Emeritus Professor Ken Jones offers some thinking on the current curriculum review. A second article prompted by industrial action, looks at contradictions in Quaker education.
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