Wesley Smith, Author at The New Conservative

Ruth Perry: The Tragic Victim of Ofsted’s Petty Bureaucrats

Ofsted could learn something from the late Ms. Perry. Instead of tormenting schools with non sequiturs, use a bit of good old-fashioned common sense. She did. She knew her school and the children in her care. She didn’t need a spreadsheet to tell her. And, according to the people who matter – the parents – her school was wonderful.

‘Decolonising’ our children’s history lessons must be closely monitored

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A recent survey conducted by academics at Oxford and Reading universities found that eight in ten secondary schools are changing their history lessons to focus more on diversity and ‘social justice’. This entails, inter alia, devoting more time to the study of black historical experiences, the Islamic and Mughal empires and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Some

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