The Ambigous Relationship Between the SES & St James
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:48 pm
I was randomly searching around today and notice on the SES's web page, http://www.schooleconomicscience.org/index.php, the following statement:
I'm not sure when this was edited but I have never noticed it before. To me the statement "(particularly through the St James’s Independent Schools)" would imply to me that the SES is admitting that it has an influence, agenda and control over the St James's schools.
This would seem to imply a contradiction to the statement on the St James Website, http://www.stjamesschools.co.uk/v2/about6.htm:
Of course the statement above from the St James about independence is entirely irrelevant because how can it be when all but one of the governors are active members of the SES and the heads and the majority of the teaching staff of St James are active members of the SES?
I wish that St James would admit in straightforward English that it subscribes to the philisophical teachings of the School of Economic Science and detail straightforwardly the numbers of governors and teaching staff that are members of the SES. It is not possible for a group of people to claim independence of an organisation when the majority of those people are active members of that organisation.
Bonsai
Welcome to the School of Economic Science's website wrote:The School seeks not only to raise the intellectual understanding of its students but also encourages them to put what they have learned into practice. The aim is to lead a balanced life and to serve society to the best of one’s ability through work in the arts, literature, sciences and education (particularly through the St James’s Independent Schools).
I'm not sure when this was edited but I have never noticed it before. To me the statement "(particularly through the St James’s Independent Schools)" would imply to me that the SES is admitting that it has an influence, agenda and control over the St James's schools.
This would seem to imply a contradiction to the statement on the St James Website, http://www.stjamesschools.co.uk/v2/about6.htm:
St James School Governance page wrote:The Head Teachers report to the Governing Body, which cares for all the St James Schools in London, and which is entirely independent of any other Charity or organisation. The Head Teachers are responsible for all curriculum and daily management matters.
Of course the statement above from the St James about independence is entirely irrelevant because how can it be when all but one of the governors are active members of the SES and the heads and the majority of the teaching staff of St James are active members of the SES?
I wish that St James would admit in straightforward English that it subscribes to the philisophical teachings of the School of Economic Science and detail straightforwardly the numbers of governors and teaching staff that are members of the SES. It is not possible for a group of people to claim independence of an organisation when the majority of those people are active members of that organisation.
Bonsai