We’re all passionate believers in the benefits of a comprehensive education. When I came into the teaching profession I never believed I’d have to write to parents asking them to donate to their own school. It is something that we are now doing with some reluctance.
I know that there is no way that anyone else is going to pay for the improvements we need to make, and I also know that the only option available to me is to ask those parents and carers who want to contribute, and who can afford to contribute, to do so.