Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Quote;Opinion Quote;Opinion 3rd April 1998, 1:00am Tes Editorial Share Quote;Opinion https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/quoteopinion-4 Copy Link “People who know me will tell you that I am nothing at all like Goebbels.” - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Chris Smith, when told that his title was “Orwellian and un-English”. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Teacher interview questions: what will I be asked? Tes Editorial • 10th October 2025 Sats week: key test dates for 2026 Tes Editorial • 1st October 2025 5 top Tes articles for school leaders Tes Editorial • 19th August 2025 5 top Tes articles on the science of learning Tes Editorial • 12th August 2025 Recent Most read Most shared 6.5% teacher pay rise ‘risks reversing’ recruitment gains News 19 March 2026 The coastal schools mission must get to the heart of the issues Analysis 18 March 2026 How the White Paper reforms could help ECTs Analysis 18 March 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 How to support subject leaders with the new Ofsted framework Teaching & Learning 17 March 2026 Will inclusion bases just become exclusion rooms? Analysis 16 March 2026 Teachers worried about impact of screen time on reading News 18 March 2026 How to support subject leaders with the new Ofsted framework Teaching & Learning 17 March 2026 How teaching created a maternity leave return trap Analysis 18 March 2026
