Ministers can do more now to further embed successful reforms and make our schools even stronger: by getting more into great trusts, and signing off another wave of free schools where they can shake things up.
This is a complicated issue, not least legally, and ministers have to do their best to make sure any new rules are fit for purpose before rolling them out.
Ministers need to find their voice and put a rocket under all of this, ensuring all schools are matched to a MAT (Multi-Agency Trust).
The sixth article in a new series on ConHome about how government might be made smaller, taxpayers better off and and society stronger – through strong families, better schools and good jobs.
The third in a mini-series of pieces on ConHome this week about schools after Covid.
Widening the ways in which workers get support can only be a good thing, for employees and employers alike.
They’re part of a broader move by the Government to rein in some of the more extreme politically correct excesses that went unchecked before.
The Department of Education confirmed GCSEs and A Levels will go ahead in England for 2021, albeit with measures to help students affected by Covid.
The fifth piece in a ConHome series this week on the Prime Minister’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.
The Campaign for Common Sense has four simple, low-effort, suggestions as to how schools can be helped to get back on track.
Any delay will be exploited by the Blob to try and roll back a decade of progress on testing, inspections, and accountability.
Groupthink and blame culture have had a detrimental effect on our debates. It’s time we stopped walking on eggshells.
I’m a former union rep myself – and am finding that schools, empowered by the Gove reforms, are quietly getting on with preparations,
Allowing alternative organisations at hearing would mean levelling up the quality of life for workers.
Prioritise sex over gender identity for safety and practical reasons, then have ministers publish guidance that is as black-and-white as possible, and prepare for the inevitable legal challenges.