Charlotte Church: Schools to study pop star
PUPILS are to study the songs of Charlotte Church for their GCSE English exams.
The star’s use of language will be analysed in the same way previous generations studied Shakespeare and Jane Austen.
TV newsreader Huw Edwards, rugby pundit Jonathan Davies and Gavin And Stacey star Ruth Jones are also being introduced to the curriculum by Welsh examining board OCR Cymru from September.
The move was criticised yesterday as “dumbing down”.
Nick Seaton, of the Campaign for Real Education, said: “I don’t think many parents would think Charlotte Church is a good role model for young people.”
But OCR Cymru boss Robin Hughes said: “It is one way of engaging pupils by identifying with personalities they know rather than dusty ones of the past.”