Extracurricular has become synonymous with extra special. The 2014 Character and Resilience Manifesto, produced by an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) backed by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), senior politicians and the government’s social mobility adviser, argued that Britain’s schools must be “more than just exam factories”. It called for activities to be valued as enjoyable ways to nurture self-belief and resilience.“Education is the making of the whole person,” says Andrew Fleck, headmaster at…
Climbing, conservation and sushi making: a new breed of school activity
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