What Should Schools Teach?

The phrase 'schools should teach...' has become increasingly familiar in the media. Many of these calls are sensible, but many are impractical or well beyond the remit of schools.

We've created a list that keeps track of all of these calls, and we've found a new one every other day on average.

Parents and Teachers For Excellence

Parents and Teachers for Excellence is a new movement to promote reforms within the education system and to spread good practice to help deliver excellence in schools across the country.

Supported by parent activists and some of the most respected people working in education, we believe in autonomy for schools, the knowledge based curriculum, rigorous assessment, cultural enrichment and effective behaviour policies. These are already characteristics of some of the top performing schools in the country.

Phone-free Schools

Smartphones are amazing - but we know that schools function best with as few distractions as possible. That's why we've created the "Phone-Free School" scheme.