Free schools would not be allowed where there are surplus places.
Tristam Hunt said “we live in very different economic circumstances” to justify forcing parents to send their children to bad, half empty schools
My own children suffered as a result of the inadequacies of the Island’s education system
It will be part of the Inspiration Trust – which already runs a number of successful schools in and around the city.
The Department for Education has issued guidance in which running is identified as a suitable punishment for misbehaving pupils
Labour’s lack of progress in the face of Michael Gove’s onslaught has left even their most staunch supporters dissatisfied.
A new secondary school to boost competition is oversubscribed before it has even opened.
Teach First has turned London from educational problem child to success story – it must spread more widely across the country.
The Blob still thinks Plowden was right, and will do whatever it can to keep out textbooks.
School wasn’t for me so I left at 15, got a trade and built a business employing 200 people. An apprenticeship was the key,
In America the “parent call-in” for failing schools means turning them into Charter schools
If the Queen can bestow honorary titles on pop stars and sportspeople, she can surely also do so on few more engineers.
On this Autism Sunday, its time for an innovation fund, an awareness scheme and more activities
And academies and free schools should be able to borrow.
Among higher income groups marriage has been reinvented as a vehicle for high investment parenting