By Bagehot
TAKING a break from the gloom and crossness of Westminster, Bagehot headed a couple of miles south to a tough bit of Stockwell last week. There I visited an amazing primary school, the Durand Academy. Its enemies call it an overly-strict, 1950s institution, and it is true that discipline, order and structure lie at the heart of the school’s innovative teaching methods. Trade union activists have accused its founding headteacher, Greg Martin, of being like „Stalin“, and it is true that he has very clear and firm ideas about how his staff should teach.