So long as there is 'choice' in education, and schools are subjected to market forces, the system will remain unfair and some schools will be deemed 'failures'. Only when local children attend their local school will this begin to change. To enable such change ultimately requires the abolition of private, grammar, academy and free schools, as well as the creation of ... read more and comment →
The promise of freedom may become a noose around our necks. We should not invite education to be driven by competition and profit. Education is a transformational right that every child should have in an equal playing field. It is important that we protect our children's future in times of crisis. I believe that if Tidemill becomes an academy it will ... read more and comment →
Having worked in partnership with 13 different local education authorities in my role promoting higher education to under-represented groups I can honestly say that such work would be severely impaired without local authority coordination. A dog eat dog approach to education helps no-one in the long term and risks failing tens of thousands of UK students. Education is not a marketable commodity. read more and comment →