There is an old saying that it takes a village to raise a child. In this modern world one wonders whether most people assume that it is only a school’s responsibility to raise a child.
In almost every sphere of life, be it public or private, it seems to be believed that it is our schools which should ensure that a young person does or says the right thing and if they do not then it is the staff at the school who will be blamed. It is now our job to instil British values, in many ways a laudable aim, but can schools always counter the influence of family, peers or the media, as they try to fulfil this role? Yet, if any young person in a school is found to have expressed unacceptable views, then it is the school which will be censored and may fail its inspection.
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