24 Quotes by John Dunford

The new head comes in with a picture of a healthy, happy school and may therefore be unprepared for the problems that surface when they arrive.

In the education White Paper, the government is proposing that local authorities consider, as an immediate option, sacking heads of schools that receive a poor inspection report.

In too many cases, appeals panels are erratic and their judgements are based wholly on the circumstances of the individual child, without giving enough thought to other pupils and teachers in the school,

If the judgement had gone the other way, it would have serious consequences for schools and communities that want their children to wear a uniform.

The freedoms being offered in the white paper are largely an illusion. What schools need is more freedom from government interference and incessant education reform.

The less-academically able are giving up languages but they too could have some use for it in the workplace later on.