We think Jane would be a Ravenclaw
The Sun reports on a failing school in Kent that was turned around by the institution of a Hogswarts-style house system.
Prof. DumbledoreMr Murphy, [the school's headmaster] 48, said North School, in Ashford, Kent, was “on its knees” when he arrived three years ago.Discipline had broken down and pupils were on a four-day week because teachers refused to work there.
Exam results were so poor that it was threatened with closure within two years. The head set up four “learning communities” like those in Hogwarts.
Instead of Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, they were named after historical figures Sir Winston Churchill, novelist Jane Austen, light bulb inventor Thomas Edison and women’s libber Emmeline Pankhurst.
Mr Murphy said: “It gave the youngsters a sense of identity and pride.
“That was the kick-start we needed to get on the road back to success.”
We hope members of Austen House apply themselves to their studies a bit more diligently than one particular creation of Miss Austen’s.
