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Oct
13
Thu
Highgate Debates: “SELECTIVE STATE SCHOOLS DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD” @ Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution
Oct 13 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

THE MOTION This house believes that…

“SELECTIVE STATE SCHOOLS DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD”

WHEN Thursday 13 October 2016, 8.00pm, doors open at 7.30pm

WHERE Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London N6 6BS

HOW Free and open to all.

Reservations may be made in person, by phone or by email:

tel: 020 8340 3343; email: admin@hlsi.net

Proposing the motion

KIRI TUNKS is Head of Global Perspectives in a Tower Hamlets comprehensive

school and has been teaching since 1993. She is currently Junior Vice-President of the

National Union of Teachers. She is critical of free schools, arguing that they detrimentally

affect education for all.

Opposing the motion

TOBY YOUNG is an author and currently an Associate Editor of The Spectator. He was a

lead proposer and founder of West London Free School, the first free school to secure a

funding arrangement with the government, and has controversially questioned the

notion of ‘inclusion’ in state schools.

The Debate is free and open to the general public. The Chairman always invites

contributions from the floor.

Feb
11
Sat
PETER AND THE WOLF @ Lauderdale House
Feb 11 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

PETER AND THE WOLF Sat 11 Feb 11.30am | £8.50/£6.50 This exciting puppet show is set to Prokofiev’s famous score, and is a brilliant way to introduce children to orchestral music. It’s the story of a mischievous boy who goes off into the meadows to play with animals, in spite of his grandfather warning him about a wolf ! Stay after the performance for a puppet-making demonstration. J

Mar
24
Sat
Guided Walk in Highgate @ highgate society
Mar 24 @ 1:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Guided walk around Highgate and tea afterwards at 10A