Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 2 February 1993.
Mr John Patten
, Oxford West and Abingdon
12:00,
2 February 1993
I cannot improve on what my hon. Friend has said about the hon. Member for Dewsbury (Mrs. Taylor). It is very important that when parents make up their minds about the school to which they wish their children to go, they know not only what the examination results are and something of the ethos of the school, as well as how religion is taught and what sports are available, but what teaching styles are used in the classroom. I am sure that parents have a right to such knowledge. They have a right to know whether setting is used and whether there is whole-class teaching. I intend to make certain that in their prospectuses for next year all schools will be required to give an accurate description not only of what they teach but of how they teach.