Category Archives: Education

Fancy that!

Posted on August 18, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Who’s this conveniently back from their holidays to provide a nifty soundbite to The Cancer on the improved A-level results at Ashton Park school? “The school’s head teacher, Chris Gardner, has put a lot of effort into raising the profile … Continue reading →

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Leadership: Bristol City Council style

Posted on August 9, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

We’re only paying ’em £150,000 a year between them. So I suppose it’s too much to ask Labour’s Education Exec Derek Pickup or the city council’s Director of Education, Heather Tomlinson, to explain to us why the results that have … Continue reading →

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BCCBeebies' Children's hour

Posted on August 8, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Hello children. Where are we today? Yes. We’re back in the LEA Garden… Oh look… Who’s this coming? Hooray! It’s Heather Whoopsy-Daisy… Hello Heather Whoopsy-Daisy… Oh dear…. What’s wrong Whoopsy Daisy? Have the nasty Redland Greenies squandered squillions and left … Continue reading →

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Cuts for us, excuses for them

Posted on July 30, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Our old friend Steve Comer appears to have got himself a new gig after failing to become the leader of the council. The leader of Bristol’s Lib Dems, who also moonlights on the National Executive of the alleged left wing, … Continue reading →

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Lambies set to save south Bristol schools

Posted on July 23, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Top news reaches The Blogger from his friends with their fingers on the fading pulse of South Bristol’s schools. It seems the next business sponsor to be announced for Withywood’s brand new Merchants Academy, run by our old friends The … Continue reading →

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Bristol Uni gets even posher!

Posted on July 15, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Hopelessly elitist and establishment Bristol University, the first choice college for thick snobs who can’t get an Oxbridge place, is recruiting more students from the very poshest and most expensive public schools than ever it’s been forced to admit. Its … Continue reading →

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Guarded

Posted on July 11, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A rather reticent article by Stephen Bates concerning our friend Howard Newby in yesterday’s People column of The Guardian: Sir Howard Newby is continuing his progress through the groves of academe like a ballbearing in a pinball machine, with the … Continue reading →

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Concrete marketing opportunities available in Bristol schools

Posted on June 18, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

For over three years now people in Totterdown have been promised a far-reaching consultation on the 10,000 seat Arena that may or may not be built just yards from their homes. Despite a stream of warm words and guarantees, initially … Continue reading →

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Class in the classroom

Posted on June 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Labour’s new education boss, Derek Pickup, has broken cover and given a keynote interview to The Evening Cancer’s so-called Education Correspondent Linda Tanner. Tanner is happy to play pat ball with Pickup, lobbing him daft brown-nosing questions to provide him … Continue reading →

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