Why has the government been so quiet on the Birmingham homophobic riots?
Tom Middlehurst, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, SSAT, discusses the rationale behind the government’s failure to address homophobic riots in Birmingham.
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Blog posts by Tom Middlehurst
Timpson Review is largely welcome, but raises serious concerns
Tom Middlehurst, head of policy and public affairs at SSAT, analyses the recently released Timpson Review and highlights the impact that key areas – including school exclusions and recommended policy changes – will have.
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Why campaigns such as Worth Less are essential in achieving social justice
As the parents of 3.5 million pupils receive cry-for-help letters from schools on the growing perils of lack of funding, SSAT’s Head of Policy and Public Affairs Tom Middlehurst navigates through the uncertainties of social justice this situation presents.
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A renaissance in curriculum thinking
This week, SSAT’s latest publication, On Curriculum, explores the highly-anticipated curriculum revival that many schools and MATs are immersing themselves in. Head teachers and senior leaders weigh in on the revamping of curriculum over the past year.
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Why the DfE are right to place early teacher training and workload at the heart of their new strategy
This week, the Department for Education launched its new recruitment and retention strategy, which has been one of Damian Hinds’ ‘tier one’ policies since he started the role just over a year ago.
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Reflections on the SSAT National Conference 2018: Pure Imagination
Twelve months ago, when we confirmed the title ‘Pure Imagination’, we were thinking about imagined scenarios and possibilities. What became clear over the two days of the conference is that the topics we were covering are not pure imagination, but are already a reality.
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‘Little extras’ is an insult to teachers across England
Tom Middlehurst, head of policy and public affairs, gives SSAT’s response to the Budget 2018.
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Why SSAT supports the call to #RaiseTheRate
Today twelve organisations, including SSAT, have written to the chancellor asking him to raise the rate for sixth form funding, cuts to which have been even harsher than elsewhere in school budgets.
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Still not listening
Today (Friday 28 September) our chief executive, Sue, and I joined thousands of headteachers and school leaders on the march to Downing Street to deliver a letter and petition to the chancellor, urgently requesting sufficient, and fair, funding for our schools.
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Putting creativity at the heart of the curriculum
Tom Middlehurst, SSAT’s head of policy and public affairs, highlights some of the constructive and challenging contributions to come in December’s National Conference.
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