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Sarah Waite

@sarahjwaite

Former teacher & Labour adviser, now CEO of @get_further. Love politics, maths & musicals - not necessarily in that order.

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📖 Cheer yourself up this #BlueMonday by reading Dr Alice Eardley #FE’s piece in FE Week which sets out Get Further’s optimistic vision for post-16 English and maths education. #loveourcolleges #gcseresits #furthereducation #curriculum #assessment #educationpolicy

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🤯 FE colleges are the most common prior education setting for children who are now in Young Offender Institutions (secure settings). Mind-blowing that these colleges are still treated like an afterthought in education policy and funding.👇

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English education is unequal. The % of year 11s with a private tutor has more than doubled in a decade. Yet policies to provide free tutoring to those who can’t afford it were stopped👇 Fifth of state pupils have private tutor at GCSE (and it’s not cheap) thetimes.com/article/7e9fd0…

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The PM’s AI announcement is a reminder: AI is built on maths - data, algorithms, analytical thinking. Yet too few continue maths after 16. I wrote about the mathshorizons report’s call for a 16–19 maths entitlement 👇 🔗 feweek.co.uk/we-must-multip… #MathsEducation #AI