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 Sign up to the Tes magazine newsletters Tes Editorial • 9th September 2026 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 Recent Most read Most shared Our incoherent school system is getting in the way of reform Analysis 12 October 2026 How to banish impostor syndrome when you start a new role Leadership 12 October 2026 Pensions funding row: what is the truth about £3.3bn in savings? News 12 October 2026 Why toilets and isolation are key barriers to Year 7 belonging Teaching & Learning 8 October 2026 Is Ofsted on the brink and is there a way back? News 9 October 2026 Just 15 trainees for this popular subject? The DfE must act Analysis 7 October 2026 How to banish impostor syndrome when you start a new role Leadership 12 October 2026 Pensions funding row: what is the truth about £3.3bn in savings? News 12 October 2026 ASCL passes motion of no confidence in Ofsted’s leadership News 9 October 2026
