Setting up your own school in the UK
The Government have now given the green light for teachers and parents to set up their own schools. They will be funded by taxpayers money and will be subject to Inspections and the Primary school will still be required to take Sats tests, although these schools are able to opt out of the National Curriculum.
Four in five start ups in the UK fail. Schools are just like businesses, people object to this but in reality they are. They still need to keep afloat and the profits are the young people passing their exams. If the schools run out of money by not spending their budgets wisely and the students fail their exams, then these schools will be closed. Just like the start up, they will have failed.
At a time when we need to cut the massive 900 billion National UK debt, is it wise to be spending taxpayers money opening start up schools which could have a strong chance of not making it. Teachers and parents have to prove they have parental demand and that they are qualified to open a school. All of this does not mean that it will be a success. The funding is going to be massive and just where is this going to come from?
There are teachers that have said they have taught for a number of years and have often thought of things they would do if they had their own school. This is great and they should implement their ideas to improve current schools via the managment route.
In my experience ( I was a teacher…) teachers are not business people. Life in the staff room was a little bubble far removed from business. The idea of a group of teachers coming together to start a school I find rather worrying. I think they could spend more time in their staffroom, gossiping about each other and spending the budget on tetley tea rather than books and microscopes…..and it could prove a very costly mistake for the taxpayer.
Maurice Boland interviews David Cameron
Click on the link to hear the Maurice Boland interview with David Cameron. He was given 5 minutes…it went on for 14.