David James

David James is a deputy head of of a leading independent school in London. He is co-author with Jane Lunnon of The State of Independence: Key Challenges Facing Private Schools Today (Routledge). His latest book, Schools of Thought: Lessons to learn from schools doing things differently (Bloomsbury) was published in March 2024. He can be found on Twitter at @drdavidajames

Our writers must be bold enough to write the words they want to write, independent, and stronger for that

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Public schools are joining the culture war

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The teaching unions are not here to promote the value of education

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Prejudice against fee paying schools means the crisis is not even being discussed

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Independent schools stand to lose, whoever wins the general election

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