Play school syllabus is a disgrace (7)
I believe the answer is:
scandal
'play school' is the definition.
(ref to Sheridan play The School for Scandal)
'syllabus is a disgrace' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scandal that I've seen before include "Malicious talk; outrage" , "Event causing public outrage" , "Shocking disgrace" , "Malicious gossip" , "Public disgrace" .)