Ah, a story for our times. And I think you know how it’s going to go. There was this junior school in Yorkshire which had houses named after various figures in English history; Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Nelson. And then? You can take it from here.
Some very agitated pupils got together and sent round a petition which frightened the headteacher so much that he renamed the houses?
Well, you’d be right except for one thing. It only takes one really annoying person to write the Great Men out of a school; that and a suggestible head teacher, one Lee Hill, who posts school news on Twitter with a picture that shows off his extensive arm tattoos, posing with a takeaway coffee.
But if you are going to rewrite history, for goodness’ sake make sure you get the history right
Mr Hill – who has been described as Britain’s ‘wokest’ headteacher – says that:
‘During the Black Lives Matter protests, I received a passionate and brave email from a former pupil.
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