Category: SchoolCouncilsUK-archive

From Wikipedia:

A Secondary Modern School is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils – those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination.
They were replaced in most of Britain by the comprehensive school system and remain in place now mainly in Northern Ireland, where they are usually referred to simply as Secondary schools.

This was my understanding, but a recent press release from DCSF referring to Secondary Moderns says

(in England only)

There are 170 secondary moderns. There are 69 secondary moderns among the 638 schools who are not yet reaching the National Challenge minimum. There are 101 secondary moderns which have reached the minimum – 30 per cent.

Are they both right?

mj

I wrote a request on a green news forum for examples of ways that people try to be green yet end up with unintended consequences: Following reply

“How about the truly horrible and totally counterproductive national “phones4schools” project – which encourages recycling in kids – supposedly – by rewarding them with revolting, tacky, totally non-sustainable rubbish toys for each mobile phone they bring in to school. The more mobile phones you bring in, the more toys your child gets…

I have several major problems with this project:”(continued)

I’ve had my reservations about this project too, but haven’t stopped to think it through until now. Is this too controversial to debate through VoiceBox/ website? what do people think. Mark