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Ray Honeyford (Manchester, 24 February 1934 – 5 February 2012) was a British head teacher. In the early-1980s, when he was headmaster of Drummond Middle School in Bradford, Yorkshire, he wrote an article critical of multiculturalism and its effect on British education: this was published in January 1984, in ''The Salisbury Review'', a conservative magazine edited by the philosopher Roger Scruton. Honeyford was suspended after being accused of racism, then regained his job after an appeal to the High Court. However, faced with a hostile campaign, he was subsequently persuaded to take early retirement. ==Life== Honeyford was born into a large working-class family, and grew up in very poor conditions. His father was an unskilled labourer who, after being wounded in the First World War, could work only intermittently. Honeyford's mother was the daughter of Irish immigrants.〔''The Daily Telegraph'', 6 February 2012〕 Of his 10 siblings, six died in childhood. The small house which the family occupied in Manchester did not contain a single book. Honeyford failed his eleven plus exam and went to Manchester Technical School. At 15 he started work in an office to support his family. At the same time he attended evening classes to train as a teacher. In later years he took an MA in Linguistics at Lancaster University.〔 Before becoming headmaster of Drummond Middle School in 1981, Honeyford taught at various secondary schools in the Manchester area, including Lostock School.〔 By 1985 Drummond Middle School had around 500 pupils:〔 more than 90 per cent were non-white,〔 and 85 per cent were Asian.〔Winder, Robert. ''Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain''. Abacus, London: 2013: p. 406〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ray Honeyford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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