careers advice in schools
"Nice try, but let's face it, the last thing this government wants is hordes of well informed, well educated 'consumers' capable of critical thinking active in this sort of labour 'market'. So who will tell the children? It's now obvious - it'll be Doris the lollipop lady (at least until her job gets cut in April), Cindy the receptionist and, in one academy (allegedly), a tortoise called Eric who likes nothing better than a cuppa tea and a chat."
Keith Burley on new qualifications for children's home workers
"One of the issues with the new qualification is that we have been told the staff member must have GCSE 'C' or above in maths and English, and whereas we can currently use functional skills to achieve an equivalence, this will not be allowed."
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