Product reviews for About Our Schools

Wow! What an important book, and if it hadn’t been for COVID-19 and lockdown, these two inspirational educators might not have had the time to write it.

If you are interested in the politics of education and care about the educational opportunities of Britain’s children, you must read it. I was told it was a book to ‘dip into’… no, I couldn't do that because once I started reading, I just kept going. I couldn’t stop, it was such a good read.

Having worked in schools all my life, I know that when a long read like this comes into a school, it is displayed in the staffroom with a ‘must read’ sticker on it. Then it goes onto a shelf on the staffroom resources bookcase … and becomes a ‘must read’, when I have time! However, the final chapter, ‘Building Forward Together’ would be a perfect focus for an in-service day – at which point they will want to go back and read the whole book!