- Ian Wishart is a business journalist, currently working in Brussels. He worked on regional newspapers in England and Wales until 2010. Shortlisted for UK regional education journalist of the year 2009. He was education correspondent of the Leicester Mercury between 2006 and 2010. He is now business reporter for European Voice, an Economist Group newspaper. This blog is wholly unconnected with that role and the views here are entirely personal. ________________________________
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Keith Vaz MP, Fullhurst Community College and Tutsi genocide
These are strange days indeed. Yesterday morning Keith Vaz MP called me to say that the tie-up which will see teachers from Rushey Mead School – in his constituency – working in Fullhurst College was like the “British Prime Minister … Continue reading
Posted in Education analysis
Tagged academies, Fullhurst, Keith Vaz, NUT, Peter Flack, Ross Grant, Rushey Mead School, Rwanda
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Leicester’s GCSE results 2009
Below 30% 30%-39% 40%-49% 50%-59% 60%-69% Over 70% I’ve created this map to show this summer’s provisional GCSE results in Leicester’s schools. The figures represent the percentage of pupils from each school who achieved five GCSEs of at least a … Continue reading
Posted in Education analysis
Tagged Babington, Beaumont Leys School, City of Leicester College, Crown Hills College, English Martyrs Catholic School, Fullhurst, GCSEs, Hamilton College, Judgemeadow College, Lancaster School, Madani, Moat College, New College, Riverside, Rushey Mead School, Sir Jonathan North College, Soar Valley College, St Paul's Catholic School
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Why do head teachers hate the Leicester Mercury?
This week sees the start of my fourth school year covering education in Leicestershire. It’s a job that, most of the time, I love. Equally it’s a job that, at times, drives me to utter despair. I have been told … Continue reading
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