The Telegraph – Josie Gurney-Read
“A leading headmaster will warn that “questionable” reforms to GCSEs may not be developing the qualities valued by employers. Michael Windsor, headmaster of Reading Blue Coat School, will say that ‘soft skills’ sought by businesses, such as creativity, critical thinking and social confidence, can be advanced by involvement in the creative arts. However, Mr Windsor will warn that, while arts subjects are an “essential part of the fabric of school life”, national focus on these disciplines is lessening in favour of an “overly utilitarian vision of education”. Mr Windsor, who is Chairman of the Society of Heads – a group of leading independent schools – is set to outline his concerns in a speech at the society’s annual conference next week.”(more)