Abbreviation | CRE |
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Formation | 1987 |
Legal status | Non-profit organisation |
Purpose | Educational standards and parental choice in the UK |
Location | |
Region served | UK |
Chairman | Chris McGovern |
Website | CRE |
The Campaign for Real Education (CRE) is a right-wing [1] [2] [3] pressure group and non-profit organisation in the United Kingdom that advocates for traditional education, greater parental choice in schooling, and less state regulation of subjects that children study. [2] [4] [5]
The CRE was established in 1987 by a group of 14 parents and teachers, [6] although it was effectively a one-man organisation led by Nick Seaton, who ran it from a bedroom in his home near York. [7] It gained national attention after intervening in a dispute at Lewes Priory School over whether pupils should sit O Levels or GCSEs. Two teachers who pressed for students to sit the O Level were redeployed, [8] with one of them, Chris McGovern, later becoming a headteacher in the independent sector and the CRE's chairman. [7]
The group campaigns to "press for higher standards and more parental choice in state education." [9] It opposes the teaching of sociology and politics. [1] [10] It has been critical of anti-racism and anti-sexism campaigns. [10] [1] In 2021, the group said a mock trial held by Welsh schoolchildren about a Conservative MP's ancestral links to the slave trade was "brainwashing". [11]
Abbreviation | CRE |
---|---|
Formation | 1987 |
Legal status | Non-profit organisation |
Purpose | Educational standards and parental choice in the UK |
Location | |
Region served | UK |
Chairman | Chris McGovern |
Website | CRE |
The Campaign for Real Education (CRE) is a right-wing [1] [2] [3] pressure group and non-profit organisation in the United Kingdom that advocates for traditional education, greater parental choice in schooling, and less state regulation of subjects that children study. [2] [4] [5]
The CRE was established in 1987 by a group of 14 parents and teachers, [6] although it was effectively a one-man organisation led by Nick Seaton, who ran it from a bedroom in his home near York. [7] It gained national attention after intervening in a dispute at Lewes Priory School over whether pupils should sit O Levels or GCSEs. Two teachers who pressed for students to sit the O Level were redeployed, [8] with one of them, Chris McGovern, later becoming a headteacher in the independent sector and the CRE's chairman. [7]
The group campaigns to "press for higher standards and more parental choice in state education." [9] It opposes the teaching of sociology and politics. [1] [10] It has been critical of anti-racism and anti-sexism campaigns. [10] [1] In 2021, the group said a mock trial held by Welsh schoolchildren about a Conservative MP's ancestral links to the slave trade was "brainwashing". [11]