A headteacher from Sheffield has decided that children are intimidated by the word school and so henceforth his establishment, formerly known as a primary school will now be known as "a place of learning".

Before he disappears up his own arse I feel it is my professional duty, both as a teacher, a boggart blogger and a pisstaker to point out some pertinent facts which appear to have escaped his notice.

Firstly there are several kinds of establishment which would come under the umbrella title of "A place of learning".
There are schools, colleges, universities, academies
These generally have their own names so that people will have some idea of what goes on inside their walls.
Some are called Secondary Schools, as in the second stage of one's education; some are called Sixth Form Colleges, for people who have completed their compulsory education but who wish to carry on studying, although this nomenclature is slightly muddied by the fact that Sixth Form should now be Y12 &13; some are called Polytechnics, some University, some College, some Nursery School and some PRIMARY school, which indicates it is the first stage of formal education in this country.

If the children who attend this "place of learning" are fazed by the word school then perhaps it is because they are the main suspects in the obesity crisis and fear that they may be mistaken for whales if they are found in a school.
It's the only explanation I can think of.

If the kids don't like going to school, changing the name of it is hardly likely to change their opinion especially if they have the same learning facilitators, (well it wouldn't be teachers would it?)
buildings and equipment. After all very few people thought the nuclear waste processing plant at Windscale was any safer just because they changed the name to Sellafield.

Finally has this man not considered the cost to the local authority in compensation in the years to come, when disgruntled former pupils decide that they didn't actually learn anything and sue under the Trade Description Act.

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