Burdens on Schools

Part of Opposition Day – in the House of Commons at 7:45 pm on 2 March 1999.

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Photo of Owen Paterson Owen Paterson Conservative, North Shropshire 7:45, 2 March 1999

On the subject of target setting, today I received a letter from Grahame Arnold, head teacher of the Adams school in Wem—one of the most successful Shropshire schools—and chairman of the Shropshire secondary heads. He said: The government's new target-setting agenda for schools, teachers and governors often produces huge amounts of information for the government that is irrelevant to individual pupil performance.