Talk:Chris Woodhead

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A few points:

  • Nobody objected to attempts to drive up standards, there was controversy about Woodhead's methods and style (justified, I think).
  • Rumours shouldn't be here.
  • I don't like the man myself, and you may not believe his side of the story, but nobody's actually proved he had an inappropriate relationship while the girl was at his school, and she says not.
  • Most teachers I knew thought the "progressive teaching" he claimed was happening in every school was in fact incredibly rare, and his "traditional" methods were already widespread, his arguments having more to do with what Daily Mail readers thought was happening in schools than what was actually going on.

--Andrew Norman 15:35, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] his background

Chris taught English at The Prory School for Boys, Shrewsbury. His first job, I believe, and as the most junior member of department. The pupils liked him and he did well. I was Head of Fifth Year from 1970 to 1974 and spent half my time in the English Dept.

He was serious, unassuming and a devotee of Ted Hughes' Crow amongst other things.

His Head of Dept was Andrew Bannerman.