Letters and Corrections
7 December 2010
Your article claiming that state school pupils do better at university than independent school pupils (Report, 3 December) ignores the caveats in the Sutton Trust study that undermine that conclusion.
30 November 2010
As you state in your report (Teachers at public schools get state funds for pensions, 6 November), the Teachers’ Pension Scheme is open to those in both the state and independent school sectors.
29 October 2010
James Noble-Rogers makes the mistake of equating qualified teacher status with quality of teaching (letters, October 26). Teachers in independent schools are not required to hold qualified teacher status, and many do not. However, this does not mean that they are unqualified.
24 September 2010
You report (One-in-10 trainee teachers 'has poor degrees', 17 September) that a study by University of Buckingham has found that more than one-in-10 of those on postgraduate secondary school courses last year had a third-class degree or worse. Specifically, more than a quarter of students training to teach physics in secondary schools failed to get at least a 2:2 from a British university, and 21% failed to do so in maths.
20 September 2010
ISC Chief Executive David Lyscom has written to the Daily Telegraph in response to a report on teacher qualifications.
10 September 2010
Your article (6 September, 'No room at school for 2010 babyboomers') lays part of the blame for a squeeze on places in the state sector on a 'recession-fuelled exodus from fee-paying schools' but gives no evidence for this assertion.
6 September 2010
The rising number of primary schools without male teachers (report, September 3) is not an evenly spread problem.
16 August 2010
Your correspondent Lucy Hodges ("Aspiring Dreams", 12 August) has unfortunately fallen into the common trap of equating attendance at an independent school directly with wealth and socio-economic background.
9 July 2010
Your article on the Royal Society report warning that children are put off pursuing maths and science due to poor teaching ('Triple science and maths teachers, says report', 7 July) raises awareness of this important issue. However you fail to note that the report’s main criticisms do not apply to the teaching of these subjects in independent schools.
21 June 2010
You report today that David Miliband is calling for the government to withdraw a £100m taxpayer "subsidy" to private schools as part of its deficit reduction programme ('Cut private school subsidy to save £100m, says David Miliband', 18 June). We would like to point out that this is not a subsidy to schools, but a tax concession offered to all charities.