I remember having to write a staff complaints policy for my one man consultancy

HOWEVER, it is WAY, WAY too early to reach definite conclusions. Whilst parents will be anticipating the change, it hasn't even come in yet! We’ll probably need to wait for at least 2 years to get a good sense of whether the effect is small or large / ENDS

The data reported shows a 1.7% drop in overall pupil numbers and a 4.6% drop in year 7 enrolments This is basically consistent with what we’d expect It’s also important to note that new enrolments fell by 2.7% last year too /4

The short-run effects are likely to be small as parents would likely try to avoid changing school mid-way through primary or secondary school BUT, we might get some clues from changing enrolments at key starting points like age 5, 7 and 11 /3

Without the VAT rise, private school pupil numbers would likely fall by 1% per year, given falls in the number of children Based on past evidence, our @theifs.bsky.social analysis concluded the VAT rise would likely reduce numbers by 3-7% in the medium to long-run, but with lots of uncertainty /2

Some brief thoughts on the new ISC data on private school pupil numbers and expected timing of changes TL;DR - overall changes are small, in line with expectations, but its WAY too early to conclude whether effect of VAT rise will be small or large 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Private schools say early signs of pupils leaving

The Independent Schools Council says some members reported a drop in pupils starting secondary school.

A thought provoking and beautifully written piece. If you read anything today, read this and share with friends

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I wrote quite a personal piece about racism now and racism then. Have a read…. www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/10/04/a...

Anand Menon on racism: the UK has made progress, but this year's riots show there's a long way to go - Tortoise

One of Britain's leading public intellectuals reflects on how racism – and his experience of it – has changed over the last 50 years

Fantastic, sobering & detailed investigation by ITV wales on how reading is taught in wales This is a fixable problem. Focusing on or mandating synthetic phonics would improve reading, enable all pupils to access the full curriculum and narrow inequalities www.itv.com/news/2024-09...

Will start posting stuff on here when I have finished my tour de l’hexagon À toute à l’heure! 🇫🇷