Jonathan Simons: Let’s build on the education reforms we worked for – not tear them down

The first in a mini-series of pieces on ConHome this week about schools after Covid.

Jonathan Simons: In defence of making all schools academies

We should unify all schools under one simple legal status. Opponents of reform are full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Jonathan Simons: We need to inject more competition into the university experience

The Government must be bold in helping students grow from passive receivers of higher education into empowered consumers.

Jonathan Simons: Why the spending review should shift money from universities to further education

We also call on the Government to extend the student loan system – to support those students who want to pursue a technical route, not just an academic one.

Jonathan Simons: Now we have new evidence about Free Schools. And it shows that they’re working.

The opening of such a school is associated with substantial gains in performance of the lowest performing primary schools nearby.

Jonathan Simons: How best to extend the school day

Our view is that the greatest gains are likely to come in improving broad educational outcomes when thinking about ‘the whole child’.