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Do you produce rounded and grounded young people?

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Is your school an exam factory, or does it produced ‘rounded and grounded’ young people, who are ready for the workplace? Phil Parker asks the question.

ON GCSE results day, Nick Hurd, the minister for civil society, said: “According to the CBI, employability now consists of developing skills beyond literacy and numeracy. They cite people skills, self-reliance, teamwork, resilience, the ability to communicate well. These are the so-called soft skills that are increasingly important in the modern workplace.”

I want to pose some questions that could have an impact on your CPD for this year. It’s a debate I shall come back to in the months to come.

Question 1: What are schools for? Are schools about educating young people to pass exams? Or should we be producing what the CBI calls “rounded and grounded” young people?

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