In my experience, if parents are selecting an independent secondary school for their child they take a huge amount of interest in what is available beyond the narrowest confines of the core curriculum.
They want to know about music provision and concerts, drama teaching and school productions, what different media are used in art, what sports are played, do you offer debating, what about technical crafts and cookery, do the students have a chance to take part in educational trips, locally and further afield, what about the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and community action – these are all questions asked at Open Days and of the current students when prospective parents and their offspring tour the school. Is this the DNA that a government minister once said that they wished us to share with the state sector?
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