General Article No staring out of the window! Why super-strict schools are on the rise

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Blind rule-following may improve grades but does it stamp out individuality? A teacher who has seen the results discusses the pros and cons.

By Lucy Kellaway

In my first term as a trainee teacher, I was standing at the front of the classroom trying to prove to a year 7 class that 0.1 is bigger than 0.0999. Unannounced, in walked a deputy principal who stood at the back, glowering.

After a few minutes she stopped the lesson. ‘Miss!’ she hissed. ‘Didn’t you see what just happened there? This yo...

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