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As yet more research contradicts the government's curriculum reforms, SecEd editor Pete Henshaw asks how many more experts and researchers need to speak out before ministers realise the damage they are doing.

Another week in education and another study that directly contradicts the government’s obsession with academic learning.

A study of 1,000 parents has revealed that 87 per cent of them believe the role of schools should involve more than just delivering academic results. The research, by Populus for the Jubilee Centre for Character and Values at the University of Birmingham, found that these parents ranked character development as highly as academia. Also, 84 per cent felt teaching should encourage good morals and values too.

I believe there is an increasing desire among parents for their children to be educated in such a way that nurtures the whole child – not just their academic minds, but their creativity, social awareness, attitude and so much more.

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