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I have written several research reports and completed more literature reviews than I could care to mention. I work closely with academics across the education research world. This includes professors from the following - uni of bath (governance) Bristol (school place supply) ucl/Sutton trust...

I am a researcher not a teacher. Totally different skills required. It is a bit like arguing you can only research cancer drugs if you have had cancer or been a practising gp etc. It is nonsense. Often it can be better to have limited exposure to what you are researching so you are not...

I have been an education researcher for over 10 years. I did not write the book. I wish I had.

The bit that people often overlook is that yes if one kid from the class takes a week then the teacher can help them catch up. What happens if it becomes a free for all and two kids are off 15 weeks of the year? The teacher will spend the whole time catching up. How can they plan and introduce...

How many times? The book uses many peer reviewed journals. Not one, several. It weighs up the evidence and presents conclusions. It is more like a full literature review. Try it.

The book is not just one study. Didn't I say earlier that you need to get down to about 15 to get a benefit? This research says 18. But benefit goes once gets get to year 3. What happens then? Kids stay in expensive small classes for no benefit or they suddenly go to larger classes which might...

It is not just one study. It is an analysis of many studies. That is why the book is excellent. It presents both sides and then says "so on balance..."

Although I would add that most research re class size looks at primary (where statutory limits exist). The way secondary school is structured makes this much harder. The argument falls apart at A level though here some of the highest performing providers have huge classes. Obviously chemistry...

If this is a FACT then why does class size not have a relationship with achievement rates once other factors are controlled? Things such as prior quals, fsm, ethnicity etc. So while you might like to quite your class, I am actually talking about national analysis of massive datasets. Good rant...

You should read the book "bad education" Which is quite a lot like Ben goldacre's book bad science. It disproves ten or twelve common myths in education. You covered most of them above which is impressive :) my favourite being small class sizes. You do know that to improve results class size in...

The head has discretion in exceptional circumstances so I would be amazed if that did not count.

Where? It says "regularly" in the regulations doesn't it? 95-96 is ofsted.

Watch how this unfolds. Parents want their children to go to good or outstanding schools - if a schools attendance drops below 95% then this won't happen and parents will blame the school when it is their fault. I can't fathom why a court would feel under 95% is okay for that reason. This man...