Our deputy editor argues that the whole point of free schools and academies was fostering a more diverse school system, and that requires that individual schools be allowed to enforce their own vision and values.
Her enemies do not believe that achievement, in the context of good personal development, should be the goal of education.
Should we enforce secularism, with religious differences subsumed in a single ethos? Or should we make allowances for faith’s demands, potentially undermining community cohesion and the comfort of others?
A belief in the family and in property rights are basic to Conservatism. Christmas highlights their importance.
Badenoch called for more risk and less intervention, and described how the tide was turned against Stonewall.
The argument for mixed ability is based on sociology rather than analysis of intellectual development, and it does not work.
Bridget Philipson was commenting on a complaint about Jess Phillips from headmistress Katharine Birbalsingh.
Many voters want moral seriousness, most politicians have difficulty finding the language needed to provide it, but the present Prime Minister thinks he may be able to.
The Attorney General on judges, Asian values, Spartans, the Good Law Project, Lord Frost – and why the Tories should revive the torch logo.
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The education of these children has become focused almost exclusively on dealing with severe behavioural problems, with next to no attention to the teaching of reading.
The Foreign Secretary knows that she is being played off by them against the Chancellor. They know she knows. And she knows they know she knows.
Thankfully the Government is taking the threat seriously and has launched a “back to school and college” campaign.
The Department for Education and Government Equalities Office must have a contingency plan available to deploy immediately, updating the necessary guidance to ensure that schools can remain true to their ethos.