Private school chief: some state pupils are unteachable
31 05 08 - 02:46 State schools are struggling with unteachable children, ignorant parents, staff who don't want to be there and a shortage of leadership, according to the chief executive of the Independent Schools Council.He said it was understandable there was a lack of teachers because of the violence they face in some schools. Asked if he thought that some children in state schools were unteachable, he replied: "Yeah, I think there are contexts within which some children can't be controlled."
He also said: "You've got this situation in state schools where vast numbers of very good teachers are working with variable quality pupils and variable social context as well.
"How can you expect to get an Oxford graduate out of that group when they are being bullied, they are being influenced ... by a group from perhaps a disadvantaged background who have got a different agenda?
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Why should it be outrageous to suggest that it disadvantages intelligent kids to be taught under those circumstances - and make favourable comparisons with the private sector?
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