Comments on: Workfare comes to the classroom

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:54:14 +0000

This is the first I’ve heard of Studio Schools and I’m shocked! I don’t believe there is anything inherently wrong with vocational courses and education, but firmly hold that children wishing to take these paths should still have access to the ‘more traditional’ curriculum as well – I’m always amazed when the things I was taught that I’d thought I’d never need to know come back to remind me they ARE relevant. Furthermore, how do we even expect a person under the age of 16 to fully know what they want to do in life? I’m 20 on my first year of a BA and still don’t have a clear plan.

It seems to me that the only aspirations our younger students will have in Studio Schools is to work harder to get higher up in the capitalist system of the business they’re ‘educated’ by… Doesn’t seem right to me.

By: Mummygirl

Mummygirl — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:07:36 +0000

My daughters have always attended Altrincham Girls Gram in Trafford.
A couple of years ago it got made into an Academy. No proper consultation with parents. Parents didn’t seem to realise what it meant for the future of their school.
They managed to be bribed by a private firm building a new sixth form building for them, at no cost…???
We get nothing for nothing in life as we know!
I then realised on the top floor of this building a new Academy Teacher Training was to be initiated or carried out using carrots of money to attract graduates from applying to a local PGCE course at perhaps Didsbury. Where instead numbers admitted to teaching courses are being gradually reduced. Over the same period.
This is TRAINING and NOT EDUCATING our children to become just compliant ROBOTS!!!!!!!!!!

By: Ian Joiner

Ian Joiner — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:34:37 +0000

Jesus Christ, what a mess is what used to be our Education system.
If only there was a political party who would demolish “Academies” and these “Studio Schools” and start to re-invest in our human capital – without students having to pay for it.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:49:19 +0000

Well well lots of people have not heard of these schools basically started by labour who offered large companies the chance to take over schools and then do with them what you want, so long as you pay for the idea in cold cash.

My small backwater had one school actually set up a nice counter and cash machine to the Plebs could learn to use them ready for the larger market and retailers like Tesco Asda. it failed and the kids refused to attend the school and parents agreed I know my daughter went to another school after the holidays.

Labour Tories it’s getting harder to tell the difference.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:04:42 +0000

I wonder if I can still get a vasectomy on the NHS?

By: Samuel Gradgrind

Samuel Gradgrind — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:50:51 +0000

What a damn good idea!

If I did this, I’d not only get a free workforce for the mill but I’d not even have to find any money for feeding the little buggers!

Finally someone in the UK has had the gumption to set this country back on the road to competing with India. I can see a great revival of British industry and British textiles going forward.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:28:30 +0000

Lots of info here:

http://www.studioschoolstrust.org/employers/working-employers

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:23:25 +0000

http://www.studioschoolstrust.org/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:58:00 +0000

@beccy
they hit the ground at the same time its basic physics

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:56:23 +0000

before jumping to conclusions where are the references for this? I’m sitting on the fence about this article and want to decide weather the references for this are suitable before I decide.