Campaign for Real Education

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Campaign for Real Education
AbbreviationCRE
Formation1987
Legal statusNon-profit organisation
PurposeEducational standards and parental choice in the UK
Location
Region served
UK
Chairman
Chris McGovern
WebsiteCRE

The Campaign for Real Education (CRE) is a right-wing[1][2][3] pressure group and non-profit organisation in the United Kingdom that advocates for traditional education, greater parental choice in schooling, and less state regulation of subjects that children study.[2]

History[]

The CRE was established in 1987 by a group of 14 parents and teachers,[4] although it was effectively a one-man organisation led by Nick Seaton, who ran it from a bedroom in his home near York.[5] It gained national attention after intervening in a dispute at Lewes Priory School over whether pupils should sit O Levels or GCSEs. Two teachers who pressed for students to sit the O Level were redeployed,[6] with one of them, Chris McGovern, later becoming a headteacher in the independent sector and the CRE's chairman.[5]

Views[]

The group campaigns to "press for higher standards and more parental choice in state education."[7] It opposes the teaching of sociology and politics.[1][8] It has been critical of anti-racism and anti-sexism campaigns.[8][1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Roberta S. Sigel, Marilyn B. Hoskin (2013) Education for Democratic Citizenship: A Challenge for Multi-ethnic Societies, Routledge, p41
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Dictionary of British Education, Peter Gordon and Denis Lawton (2004) Routledge, p34
  3. ^ Denis Lawton (2003) Education And Politics For The 1990s: Conflict Or Consensus? p63
  4. ^ "About Us" Campaign for Real Education
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Obituary – Nick Seaton, 1936–2012" Times Educational Supplement, London. 4 January 2013
  6. ^ "Teacher Redeployment, East Sussex (Hansard, 21 July 1989)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  7. ^ School heads in Perthshire told to stop punishing badly behaved pupils The Courier, 21 May 2016
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Sally Tomlinson (2014) The Politics of Race, Class and Special Education: The selected works of Sally Tomlinson p108

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