Founders Welcome

I love education, but not the education many have in the world today.

 

I graduated from one of the top teacher training institutions in the UK and gained experience in a boarding school, a large secular school, and a Catholic school. I founded a successful tuition company and an education app, before stepping into executive leadership at a classical Christian school. Along the way I was banned from UK classrooms for refusing to bend the knee to transgender ideology, and I eventually left the Catholic school after they opposed me speaking truthfully about Islam. 

 

Although my tutoring company had some success, I increasingly realised I was still operating inside a system I could not fully support. Time and again I watched schools chase the wrong metrics — exam results, league tables, and social credentials — while neglecting what matters most.

 

To me, a good education begins and ends with proselytising the Christian Faith. Young people must be trained in the way of the Lord, formed in truth, righteousness, and justice. They should be able to robustly defend their faith against false teachers and doctrines.

 

I fully embrace the classical Christian model because it respects the natural stages of human development. The grammar stage, filled with memory rhymes and songs, builds a strong foundation. Students must master writing, mental maths, and communication. The logic stage develops strong reasoning and debating skills. 

 

For me, the rhetoric stage — beginning around 11 or 12 years old — should become highly personalised. Young people need to start mastering real skills: whether electrics, sales, basketball, coding, cooking, cutting hair, veterinary work, AI, filming and editing content, or any other trade or calling. I believe only about 5% of 18-year-olds should go to university (doctors and lawyers). But to be honest, AI and tech is greatly effecting these professions. I have a team of the worlds' best lawyers at my fingertips. So the need for degree educated individuals is greatly decreasing.

From around age 16, students should move into apprenticeships or professional training. Even future bankers can begin accounting courses early. If you master a genuine skill by the time you are 20, the job market will reward you. Above all, young people should be taught that mastering a skill is often the first step toward building a business around it.

 

Woven through every stage of this learning must be the formation of real Christian faith. Our young people need to move beyond milk and begin eating meat — developing a mature, robust, and courageous walk with Christ.

 

This is the heart of Wisdom Worth Having. 

 

Welcome to the movement. I’m glad you’re here.

 

— Joshua Sutcliffe

 

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