Tony Little

Tony Little was, until the summer of 2015, the Headmaster of Eton. Yet, he is one of the most progressive and imaginative people in British education today. He argues that there is a crisis in the British education system.

Year on year GCSE and A-Level pupils post better exam results, with more students achieving top grades. Yet business leaders and employers complain bitterly that schools are not producing people fit for purpose. How do children absorb information? What kind of people does society need? What is education for?

Not only is the author one of the great reforming headmasters of our time but he has: planted Academies in the East end of London; founded a state boarding school near Windsor; and yet is a passionate advocate of single sex schools.

Tony Little was educated at Eton and Cambridge.