What is more shocking, the fact that Oxford’s primary schools have been shown to have the worst Key Stage 1 results in the country or the predictable response of County Hall, teachers and unions?
The one theme that runs through all the responses we have had to the news is that no one appears to know why Oxford’s results are so poor, nor do they seem to know what to do about it.
We, the public, look for reasons and solutions but the education establishment appears a closed world. If it does know, it is not telling us.
What Oxford’s children need is a big dose of honesty about what the problems are. Only then can we improve.
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