Whats the most important thing you want to see in Schools.?

[maltesers]

More Discipline IMHO !!!

teachers in high schools who have degrees in the subjects they teach at gcse level.Schools that are friendly .n0t places where if you phone up with a concern about your child your seen as trouble places where its possible when parents need to to get an appointment to speak to the head teacher places where someone is available and not in a meeting

I would like to see some mechanism to remove pupils who cannot or will not learn in a mainstream school environment. I am talking about possibly 10% of pupils.

That would make mainstream schools far more effective at teaching the vast bulk of children. Those children who cannot handle learning in a mainstream school can then be given the help they really need in a specialist environment.

I agree with been above everyone is different and sometimes teaching needs to be adapted to the needs of the childrn

I would like to see smaller schools with smaller classes with children grouped according to ability rather than age.

I would like the environment to be more friendly and for parents to be welcome to be involved in day to day activities.

I would also like to move away from the idea that school is 5.5 hrs of child care and 0.5 hrs tuition and that this is overlooked or accepted.

Because of my daughters experience I would really like to see occasional teacher marked spelling tests introduced in high schools so that pupils who are genuinely struggling with spelling are spotted by the schools and offered help.Also Its common for high schools to claim they dont have any information from primary schools i know one parent who went around to the primary school to see if she could pick up the info and take it around herselfIthink reading checks at high school as well
pupils arent spotted that easily some get spellings of pupils sat next to them and then yelled at for talking or my daughter also put a lot of effort into thinking up words she could spell instead of using the words she really wanted to which prob gave the wrong impression of her vocabulary

High expectations for all pupils
Teachers presenting as impeccable role models
At primary, all teachers demonstrating excellent standards of literacy and numercacy
The abolition of political correctness.
Teachers who understand their politics should be left at home.
An emphasis on education rather than on every irrelevant directive emanating from the centre.
Differentiation of pupils.

Introduction of specialist teaching from age 8
Improved communication.
The abolition of defensiveness.