5/31/2008 9:59:00 AM
The Guardian 31 May
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. Chris Parry, whose organisation represents half of the 2,600 private schools in the UK, told the Guardian that state school pupils could not be expected to get into top universities if they were bullied by classmates from "disadvantaged backgrounds". Asked what the problem with the state sector was, Parry said: "There are too many leaders but not enough leadership, there are a lot of managers and not enough management. There aren't enough teachers, and aren't enough teachers in subjects we need. It's lacking human, material [and] financial resources." He said there were a lot of "wonderful" teachers, but they were hamstrung by over-regulation and a lack on independence. Parry was speaking to the Guardian days before he is due to address his first annual conference of the ISC.Guardian
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