Tag: Examinations

Standardised Testing in Scottish Schools

1st September 2015

I am sitting at my desk listening to the statement from Nicola Sturgeon regarding education and am shaking my head in utter bewilderment. Let me say from the outset that I have been fairly vocal...

Scottish Review Excerpt

27th August 2014

The Kafkaesque surveillance of our schools: Walter Humes As Scottish schools re-opened last week after the summer holidays, a rather unusual event took place. Amid the excitement of the start of the new session, a dissident voice was...

Best Days of Your Life?

14th August 2014

Published, in full, The Herald, Thursday 14th August 2014 Do you remember the old adage about your school experience as being ‘the best days of your life’? I do, and they were. What I remember...

Education must be about more than achieving the right grades

13th January 2010

Interview Published, The Scotsman, 13 January, 2010, and in ‘Independent Schools Magazine’ , July 2010 I get the feeling that we do not ask ourselves this question often enough. What is the purpose of a...