Tory Education Team in Combative Mood
On Monday, David Cameron announced that he is “going to war on mediocre schools”, at the weekend Nicky Morgan announced a ‘war on illiteracy and innumeracy’, the Tory education team are certainly in...
View ArticleShow us the Evidence!
The announcement over the weekend that Nicky Morgan will speed up the process to make schools that are ‘coasting’ into academies, is an about face for the Education secretary. She has previously said...
View ArticleNew Education Bill – The democratic right to question academy status
When Nicky Morgan took over from Michael Gove there was a sigh of relief from schools across England when she said she was not a forcing type of person. But her first education bill could force...
View ArticleRaising Standards or Privatising Schools? – The truth behind the Education Bill
This article looks at the recent developments following the election, Nicky Morgan’s announcement of a new Education Bill and the recent victory in Lewisham against at a MAT (multi-academy trust)...
View ArticleNicky Morgan is wrong – the evidence for academies doesn’t add up
Henry Stewart writes for the Guardian: The education secretary Nicky Morgan has today launched a bill designed to sweep away any obstacles when as many as 1,000 “struggling” schools convert to...
View Article‘The government is privatising our school system – and disregarding parents,...
Ahead of the release of the government’s new Education Bill, education secretary Nicky Morgan has defended plans to turn more schools into academies, at a faster rate. Christine Blower, General...
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