The chairman of the Independent Schools Council advocated pooling resources to stop subjects such as Latin petering out Jon Enoch for The TimesThe decline of Latin and other subjects at risk of fizzling out in state schools could be saved if private schools shared their teachers with them, the chairman of the Independent Schools Council has said. Barnaby Lenon said that schools should pool their resources to attract better-quality teachers and save languages. “It’s already the case that some independent schools are already in groups,” he told The Daily Telegraph. “For example, at United Learning, a multi-academy trust, the state and independent schools work together. “Another is the King Edward’s Foundation in Birmingham, which has grammar schools, comprehensive and independent schools.

Source: The Times November 08, 2017 12:11 UTC