CASEnotes

We're excited to announce the launch of CASEnotes, a new forum dedicated to fostering constructive discussions and sharing insights on education policies and practices. At CASE, we believe in the power of collaborative dialogue to drive positive change in the education sector. With CASEnotes, we aim

Some organisations have fought hard to stem the outward flow of schools from local authority control to academy status, either as stand-alone academies or joining a multi-academy trust (MAT). The hope is that the new administration will acknowledge the absurdity of a national system which is managed

CASE Conference 5 October, 2024 Carl Parsons (This text refers to the talk Dr Parsons gave during the CASE conference: Rebooting Education) Our education system in England is in disarray – not so in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, note. The system in England is now many systems. The national

This text was authored by Michael Pyke and can be found in its entirety in CASEnotes 100. Eighty years on from the great 1944 Education Act and with an election imminent, it seems appropriate for this hundredth edition of CASEnotes to begin by taking stock of our education system. What has changed

CASEnotes used to be (at first) a physical publication and (recently) a virtual publication where members of CASE and the wider public, under the direction of our Press Officer, would write articles relating to the state of education in England and the UK. That format of CASEnotes, with its swank

"Hard Times", written by Dickens in 1854, is a patchy novel whose overall quality falls far short of such masterpieces as "Bleak House", "Great Expectations" and "Little Dorrit". Dickens was always at his best when writing instinctively and at his worst when writing didactively and "Hard Times" con

If you were in attendance, you already know that the CASE Conference, Rebooting Education, was a total success.For those who were unable to attend, and those who would like a refresher on what was said, the NEC has composed the following summary.If you click through the links, you'll find videos on

[This text was originally publishes in CASEnotes #100] In March of this year, the shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said that school pupils must “learn to challenge” media narratives. Speaking at the annual conference of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), Phillipson

Place  planning is a statutory duty of local authorities. Quite simply it means managing the number of school places within its area, both ensuring that there are sufficient for the number of children locally, and reducing them as populations change. Since the 2012 Education Act this has become cons