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to think Gavin Williamsons views on teachers have been found out and he is trying to back pedal

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cakeorwine · 02/03/2023 08:05

Leaked WhatsApp messages about schools during Covid and re-opening.

www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/01/leaked-messages-boris-johnson-bemoaning-face-masks-u-turn

In October 2020, Williamson said publicly the following year’s exams would be postponed for a few weeks to make up teaching time. According to the leaked messages, Hancock then got in touch with his cabinet colleague to say “what a bunch of absolute arses the teaching unions are”.

Williamson replied: “I know they really really do just hate work.” Hancock then responded with a laughing emoji and a bullseye.

Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said in response to the leak: “Why am I utterly unsurprised to now have it absolutely confirmed that Gavin Williamson was unfit to be secretary of state for education?”

According to Williamson, these comments were about "some unions" and he has the utmost respect for teachers who went above and beyond during the pandemic.

Yet it's the teachers who would be doing the work, not the Unions. So who was he saying who "really really just hate work"

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MarshaBradyo · 04/03/2023 06:38

I’m fine with the curriculum, it seems to be pretty good for the careers the dc would like to do and they like learning early-ish

The extra monitoring and assessment- I can see it adds time and perhaps there’s change that could occur there. Not sure if any downsides to that though.

KievsOutTheOven · 04/03/2023 08:32

MarshaBradyo · 04/03/2023 06:38

I’m fine with the curriculum, it seems to be pretty good for the careers the dc would like to do and they like learning early-ish

The extra monitoring and assessment- I can see it adds time and perhaps there’s change that could occur there. Not sure if any downsides to that though.

What curriculum is it you like?

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