The second writer in our mini-series says that creating more grammars is a distraction from change that matters.
Halfon is wrong to attribute the rise in school exclusion rates to any disregard for those affected.
I was glad to see the Prime Minister and the Education Secretary doing so recently – particularly now that Rayner is clear she will scrap the programme.
Families and teachers deserve some details on what is being proposed in place of free schools and academies.
A fairer funding formula, better behaviour, fluency in numeracy and literacy, a richer National Curriculum, better exams: these appeal to voters’ innate common sense.
Free schools are changing lives for the better, and have proved popular despite the early naysaying. Greening must shut down talk of scrapping the policy.
A week on from the publication of GCSE results we can see how this policy is starting to change lives, and where it needs to go next.
Sending pupils early into academic and vocational pathways would allow too many schools to lower their sights and expecations.