The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has seized upon a criticalletter sent to pupils in an unnamed school in the Southeast. The letterreads: "We do not think your teachers set you challenging enough work,and when this happens you do not learn as much as you could."
The association said both the tone and content could damagerelationships between school and pupils. "This can be construed in noother way as a generalised criticism of the school's teaching," aspokeswoman said.
But chief inspector of schools David Bell defended the letter: "What isthe point of doing school inspection if you do not say the work that isset for these youngsters is not good enough? We have to say thetruth."
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