These are the 72 words that were printed on The Times letters page on Tuesday June 13, in response to Eton’s announcement of its long-term strategy. ‘Whatever wider strategy Eton adopts, the school itself will continue to educate the global elite or those who will become the global elite. Perhaps its most important mission will […]
And so the cycle of the seasons brings us once again to the annual rite of picking over A-level results day. As ever, there are complaints and concerns, some new, some not so new. This year there’s the decline in the number of English candidates, the low percentage needed to get a good grade in […]
The enemy, it seems, are at the gates: specifically, the gates of independent schools. This is not exactly a new phenomenon, but in recent weeks the attacks have started coming with increased force and from different directions – and not just because the world blames Eton for educating Boris Johnson. From one side comes Labour […]
