The Parenting Circle
@parentingcircle.bsky.social
The best start for children starts with YOU. School heads, teachers, FLO, counsellors: engaging parents so their children get the best out of school
📚 ‘Literacy is in our cultural DNA. So is - or at least was - grit. The National Literacy Trust has given up on both.’
Parenting Circle founder Cristina Odone in The Spectator on Sunday.
Audiobooks won’t help children read better www.spectator.co.uk/article/audi...
Parenting Circle founder Cristina Odone in The Spectator on Sunday.
Audiobooks won’t help children read better www.spectator.co.uk/article/audi...
Audiobooks won't help children read better
The National Literacy Trust, the very institution that should be protecting our literary heritage, wants us to replace reading with audio.
www.spectator.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📚 ‘Literacy is in our cultural DNA. So is - or at least was - grit. The National Literacy Trust has given up on both.’
Parenting Circle founder Cristina Odone in The Spectator on Sunday.
Audiobooks won’t help children read better www.spectator.co.uk/article/audi...
Parenting Circle founder Cristina Odone in The Spectator on Sunday.
Audiobooks won’t help children read better www.spectator.co.uk/article/audi...
🏡 ‘Engage parents with school, and you have a far better accountability system than Ofsted could ever hope to deliver.’
Cristina Odone in @thespectator1828.bsky.social this week: Reforming Ofsted won’t fix Britain’s problem schools www.spectator.co.uk/article/refo...
Cristina Odone in @thespectator1828.bsky.social this week: Reforming Ofsted won’t fix Britain’s problem schools www.spectator.co.uk/article/refo...
Reforming Ofsted won't fix Britain's problem schools
Schools that fail to take into account parents, instead, will continue to quake at the prospect of that dreaded Ofsted inspection.
www.spectator.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🏡 ‘Engage parents with school, and you have a far better accountability system than Ofsted could ever hope to deliver.’
Cristina Odone in @thespectator1828.bsky.social this week: Reforming Ofsted won’t fix Britain’s problem schools www.spectator.co.uk/article/refo...
Cristina Odone in @thespectator1828.bsky.social this week: Reforming Ofsted won’t fix Britain’s problem schools www.spectator.co.uk/article/refo...
📚‘No one doubts that parents want the best for their children. The problem is that now they want too much from their teachers’
❤️ Our founder Cristina Odone in The Spectator today
Parents are asking too much of teachers www.spectator.co.uk/article/pare...
❤️ Our founder Cristina Odone in The Spectator today
Parents are asking too much of teachers www.spectator.co.uk/article/pare...
Parents are asking too much of teachers
For a truly educational experience, visit your neighbourhood primary school. Watch the goings-on in the playground: tiny tots rushing around in nappies, pushing and shoving one another, tantrums punct...
www.spectator.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
📚‘No one doubts that parents want the best for their children. The problem is that now they want too much from their teachers’
❤️ Our founder Cristina Odone in The Spectator today
Parents are asking too much of teachers www.spectator.co.uk/article/pare...
❤️ Our founder Cristina Odone in The Spectator today
Parents are asking too much of teachers www.spectator.co.uk/article/pare...
The Sunday Times Parent Power guide - giving parents choice and celebrating great teachers
www.thetimes.com/best-schools...
www.thetimes.com/best-schools...
How we chose the best schools 2025 — and how to choose yours
Our searchable guide helps you to compare the best state and independent secondary and primary schools
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December 9, 2024 at 4:14 PM
The Sunday Times Parent Power guide - giving parents choice and celebrating great teachers
www.thetimes.com/best-schools...
www.thetimes.com/best-schools...