‘One-size-fits-all’ school system is FAILING!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Millions of bright children are being failed by the “one size fits all” comprehensive system.

‘One size fits all’ schools failing bright pupils
By Graeme Paton, Education Editor

At least 250 of the worst-performing schools should be closed immediately, said Sir Cyril Taylor, architect of Labour’s academies programme.

He said it was “socially unjust” to allow these secondary schools - where more than three-quarters of pupils regularly fail to gain five good GCSEs - to survive.

Speaking to head teachers, Sir Cyril said: “One of the unintended outcomes of the comprehensive school movement, which replaced most grammar and secondary modern schools in the 1960s and 1970s with all-ability schools, was the assumption that all children should be taught in mixed ability classes.

“The view that ‘one size fits all’ became prevalent. That has denied many very able English children from socially disadvantaged families the chance to realise their potential.”

 

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