Quotes by Shirley Williams

I think it is really terrifying that we are narrowing down to a mechanistic assessment of children by how many pass exams... if standards meant improving right across the board, character, originality, interests, then I wouldn't mind so much. But it doesn't. It always boils down to the same thing, how will we pass exams.
– Shirley Williams
I was pushing the baccalaureate back in the days when I was education secretary. It always takes everybody forever in education. We were saying that A-levels were too narrow back then as well.
– Shirley Williams
If the Labour party goes back to reasserting its socialist and democratic beliefs, that's where I belong.
– Shirley Williams
We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.
– Shirley Williams
We have to say now we think the character of the party has changed so far it will take something very exceptional, something really out of the ordinary line to make us be convinced there's a chance of winning back the party.
– Shirley Williams
We really shouldn't be running education like a supermarket where you compare prices.
– Shirley Williams