- Schools that impose strict discipline and favour ‘chalk and talk’ teaching are the most successful in raising standards among children, new research suggests
- A growing number of UK headteachers are using the US ‘no excuses’ philosophy
- A report by the New Schools Network showed top comprehensives were most likely to ban chewing gum and mobile phones while insisting on correct uniform
‘No nonsense’ schools that impose strict discipline and favour ‘chalk and talk’ teaching are the most successful in raising standards among children, new research suggests.
A report by the New Schools Network, a Government-funded charity that supports free schools, said a growing number of heads in this country were importing the ‘no excuses’ philosophy pioneered in the US.
A growing number of heads in this country were importing the ‘no excuses’ philosophy pioneered in the US (file photo)
The Network’s analysis found the top 25 comprehensives were most likely to ban chewing gum and mobile phones while insisting on correct uniform.
These schools were also most likely to favour teaching pupils from the front of the class rather than grouping them round tables and allowing them to work largely by themselves.
Professor Alan Smithers, the director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at Buckingham University, said: ‘This research is further evidence that traditional outdoes trendy when it comes to schooling.’