10A. Cause and Effect____Failing schools____[Latinate]

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Greater scrutiny of schools that are failing their pupils is expected to result from the league tables that have now been published for some years. Once the news spreads that the local Comprehensive School is near the bottom of the tables, rumours are set in circulation relating to poor teaching, failure to maintain discipline and bad management. Whether or not these rumours prove to be true, this is what arises from comparing the nation's children without reference to the social problems which schools have to deal with. In extreme cases, a government inquiry follows and some staffing changes are often caused to happen. An experienced official may act as substitute for the school's headteacher, who may have to undergo retraining to avoid taking early retirement.

The new manager may ask staff and parents to make a concerted effort to stamp out truancy, to clamp down on bad behaviour and to see that homework is completed on time. Close monitoring behaviour and performance may continue for some time until the new manager is convinced that pupils are giving serious attention to the core components of the national curriculum. If all goes well, the next set of league tables will show improvements, which will have been caused by the new policy of targeting schools which are underperforming.