Letters: No place for prejudice in our schools

We were appalled to read that the Catholic Education Service had written to state-funded Catholic schools to push them into taking a stand against gay marriage (Catholic state schools promote petition against gay marriage, 26 April). Brook and FPA do not believe there is a place for this type of lobbying. It raises serious concerns [...]

Time to face up to workplace bullying in schools

Bullying and bad management are no rarity in schools and many teachers would rather change jobs than address the issues head on, so why is there no standard method of dealing with the problem? It was 3.45 on a Friday afternoon. The tears came almost as soon as the bell sounded and quickly became those [...]

The growth of the ‘Titan’ schools

It has eight portable classrooms and, within a couple of years, 1,200 pupils. Fran Abrams visits England’s biggest primary – one of a growing breed, thanks to the national shortage of places Bob Garton, the headteacher of Gascoigne primary school in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham, has a slightly faraway look in his [...]

Government’s new, old-fashioned schools agenda

The prime minister’s call for children to stand up is part of a wider longing for a return to the past David Cameron may avoid talking too openly of his tailcoat-wearing schooldays at Eton, but if the Conservative members of government want to avoid conjuring images of ruddy-cheeked prefects, brisk games of rugger and chapel [...]

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