In 1974 a new head teacher, Terry Ellis, arrived at William Tyndale Junior School in Islington, north London, and set about wholeheartedly embracing progressive ideals indeed, he thought that even the Plowden report was too reactionary.

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Like most Protestant reformers, William Tyndale felt strongly that the scriptures should be in the language of the people and read without interpretation by church authorities.

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