3 JULY 1947, Page 20

PRIMARY SCHOOL STANDARDS Snt,—It is clear that your correspondent, "Headmaster,"

is totally un- acquainted with the aim and purpose of a junior school. The main care of a primary school is to supply children with a balanced education and, unlike the grammar school, to devote equal attention to the child's physical, intellectual, moral and emotional needs. Teachers in primary schools do not apologise for the fact that in recent years the amount of time devoted to arithmetic and to written English has been reduced. Twenty years' experience of teaching in grammar schools has made me realise what well-balanced education the primary school provides. Only when primary schools set themselves to obtain " examination results " does their work become sterile.—Yours faithfully, H. R. EXELBY. Mottisfont C. of E. School, Hampshire.