Bernice McCabe, head of North London Collegiate School and co-director of the Prince’s Teaching Institute (PTI), was speaking at the opening of the fifth PTI headteachers’ residential earlier this week.
She told delegates: “We have educational policies dictated by governments who want short-term results and favourable headlines about rising standards.
“While this may be understandable, given the huge investment of public money in our schools, it is also unreasonable in that the full effects of the education we provide may not be revealed until years later.
“Only then can we see whether our former pupils have become effective and successful in their work, fulfilled in their personal lives, and are making an effective contribution to society.”
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