An Englishman's Castle

Spying in the classroom? I’d give it 10 out of 10-Comment-Columnists-Guest contributors-TimesOnline

.....where on earth is the moral justification for compelling attendance at state schools when learning is impossible? The first question that any parent should ask a head teacher is, can you assure me that my child will not be left unsupervised with children who steal, bully, lie, cheat or seek ways to frustrate teaching and learning?
Like prisons, schools are now places where the inmates are obliged to keep company with others whom they might prefer to avoid. Parents need to know about these things.

Peter Inson is a former head teacher of a state school