This page holds media coverage of the interim reports that were published throughout 2008. This page is still under construction, with more content to be added soon.
18th January 2008 – Aims and values in primary education: national and international perspectives
25th January, 2008 – Colin Richards, The primary curriculum review will solve nothing, The Guardian
19th January, 2008 – Graeme Paton, Failure to teach three Rs “damaging economy”, The Daily Telegraph
18th January, 2008 – Call for ban on catchment areas, BBC News
18th January, 2008 – Laura Clark, Schools’ failure at three R’s is “putting the economy at risk”, The Daily Mail
18th January, 2008 – End catchment areas, report urges, The Evening Standard
18th January, 2008 – Anthea Lipsett, Scrapping admissions system would “reduce inequality”, The Guardian
18th January, 2008 – Selection by lottery could be just the ticket, The Daily Telegraph
18th January, 2008 – Nicola Woolcock, Middle class “monopolise” the best schools, The Times
18th January, 2008 – Helen Ward and Adi Bloom, After 100 years we still want good citizens, Times Educational Supplement
18th January, 2008 – English schools abroad stress gap between rich and poor, Times Educational Supplement
17th January, 2008 – Polly Curtis and James Meikle, Minister warns schools accused of breaking law on admissions, The Guardian
11th January, 2008 – Helen Ward, More play in primaries, Times Educational Supplement
8th February 2008 – The structure and content of English primary education: international perspectives
21st February, 2008 – Nicola Woolcock, Privileged children excel, even at low-performing comprehensives, The Times
15th February, 2008 – Helen Ward, When play becomes a very serious business, Times Educational Supplement
11th February, 2008 – Janet Murray, Who should decide what children are taught?, The Guardian
9th February, 2008 – Nikki Schreiber, The failure of early learning, The Guardian
8th February, 2008 – Sue Palmer, Look, listen, learn, The Guardian
8th February, 2008 – Graeme Paton, Starting school at 4 “no help to children”, The Daily Telegraph
8th February, 2008 – England young “among most tested”, BBC News
8th February, 2008 – Sean Coughlan, Is five too soon to start school?, BBC News
8th February, 2008 – Laura Clark, English children “start school too young and are tested harder than anywhere else in the world”, The Daily Mail
8th February, 2008 – School system “test-obsessed”, The Daily Express
8th February, 2008 – Nicola Woolcock, English children “are most tested the world” , The Times
8th February, 2008 – Sarah Cassidy, Our children tested to destruction, The Independent
8th February, 2008 – Leading article, An oppressive system that is failing our children, The Independent
8th February, 2008 – Helen Ward, Schools should look to alternative scene, Times Educational Supplement
8th February, 2008 – Helen Ward, Starting young has little impact on results, Times Educational Supplement
8th February, 2008 – Adi Bloom and Helen Ward, Tests fixation sets England apart, Times Educational Supplement
7th February, 2008 – Polly Curtis, State schools shunned for home education, The Guardian
29th February 2008 – Governance, funding, reform and quality assurance: policy frameworks for English primary education
26th March, 2008 – Jenni Russell, The NUT has cried wolf too often, but this time it’s right, The Guardian
23rd March, 2008 – Polly Curtis, Teachers call for return to the liberal 1980s, The Guardian
21st March, 2008 – Helen Ward, Best friends come first, Times Educational Supplement
18th March, 2008 – Polly Curtis, Children have celebrity rammed down their throats, says professor, The Guardian
15th March, 2008 – Anushka Asthana, Storm over school tests, The Guardian
12th March, 2008 – Letters: Children’s happiness, The Independent
11th March, 2008 – Richard Garner, The anxiety epidemic: Why are children so unhappy?, The Independent
5th March, 2008 – Richard Garner, Former minister says Government is “thrashing around” on school reform, The Independent
1st March, 2008 – Colin Brown, Balls rejects claims that political interference damages schooling, The Independent
29th February, 2008 – Primary schools “have got worse”, BBC News
29th February, 2008 – Polly Curtis, Underfunded primary schools fail to teach basic literacy, says key review, The Guardian
29th February, 2008 – Sarah Cassidy, Failed! Political interference is damaging children’s education, report claims, The Independent
29th February, 2008 – Leading article: A shattering failure for our masters, The Independent
29th February, 2008 – Alan Smithers, Lessons of the Soviet Union should have been learnt, The Independent
29th February, 2008 – Helen Ward, Historic funding gap persists, Times Educational Supplement
29th February, 2008 – Graeme Pato, Primary pupils “let down by Labour”, The Daily Telegraph
29th February, 2008 – Dorothy Lepkowska, Inspections conflict with values of teachers, Times Educational Supplement
28th February, 2008 – Sarah Harris, Too much testing has hit school standards, warns primary inquiry, The Daily Mail
18th April 2008 – Primary teachers: training, development, leadership and workforce reform
25th April, 2008 – Warwick Mansell, A marking revolution, Times Educational Supplement
18th April, 2008 – Anthea Lipsett, Government policy has created “impersonalised education”, The Guardian
18th April, 2008 – Sarah Cassidy, “Moral panic” and “policy hysteria” harming primary schools, report says, The Independent
18th April, 2008 – Leading article: Fads, and a sense of failure, The Independent
18th April, 2008 – Strategy without style, Times Educational Supplement
16th May 2008 – Learning and teaching in primary schools: processes and contexts
23rd May, 2008 – Di Beddow, Assistants put TA in team, Times Educational Supplement
18th May, 2008 – Sian Griffiths, To test or not to test – the big question, The Sunday Times
16th May, 2008 – No “clear advantage to setting”, BBC News
16th May, 2008 – William Stewart, A Week in Education, Times Educational Supplement
16th May, 2008 – Helen Ward, Classroom modernisation gives pupils a new outlook on learning, Times Educational Supplement
16th May, 2008 – Helen Ward, Streaming and setting do not affect results, Times Educational Supplement
16th May, 2008 – Helen Ward, Switch on to the power of Babel in the classroom, Times Educational Supplement
16th May, 2008 – Adi Bloom, Teachers’ technique can ease burden of spelling and fractions, Times Educational Supplement
16th May, 2008 – Adi Bloom, Where pupils are brighter, naturally, Times Educational Supplement
16th May, 2008 – Robin Alexander, Testaments to the power of 10, Times Educational Supplement
16th May, 2008 – Sarah Cassidy, Setting harms education of some young children, report warns, The Independent
16th May, 2008 – Nicola Woolcock, Sets in primary classes can blight a child’s school life, The Times
16th May, 2008 – Graeme Paton, Teachers “undermined by classes of over 25”,The Daily Telegraph
Further coverage of the CPR in 2008 can be accessed here.