Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Lisa Percival's avatar

As David suggested, running schools as mini businesses (academies) and a drive on achievement/results have caused this issue ... Focus on wellbeing and kids will be happier and have less issues. More kids will be in school. Also - fining parents and create unnecessary worry over term-time absences will push people to home educate.

Expand full comment
David Brede's avatar

This massive rejection of the schools by so many parents who care about their childrens education should be seen as a failure of the privatised school system where contractors run the academies.

Isn't it time we took a serious look at this arrangement and thought about bringing the schools back into the public sector as the profit motive clearly does not work here.

Expand full comment

No posts