Telford Park School
school in Telford and Wrekin, UK
The Telford Park School is a coeducational secondary school located in Stirchley, Telford, Shropshire, England. The school grounds was first established in 1976 under the name of Stirchley Upper School, then renamed The Lord Silkin School, then later renamed Lakeside Academy. The original school was demolished in 2015 and rebuilt as The Telford Park School.
History
Diary
In April 2004, The Lord Silkin School was the subject of the "Secret Diary of a School Teacher", an article published in British satirical magazine, Private Eye. The article had been written, over the course of a week, by an anonymous maths teacher at the school. It described general pupil misbehaviour and lack of achievement in the school. The diary described an undercurrent of pupil misbehaviour and incompetence in the school, including girls who were sexually active before they could do simple sums, students who asserted that they had rights if any attempt were made to punish them, and a pervasive attitude of indifference. The diary, presented in a special pull-out section of the magazine, drew widespread messages of support and confirmation of the problem, which were printed in the following issue. The messages came not only from teachers, but from pupils too.
In the Shropshire Star, it was revealed that the teacher was from Telford, although he wanted to remain anonymous to protect the children at the school.
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