A friend of Michael Gove and a former Liberal Democrats, he is bidding for the Daily Telegraph and is an investor in GB News, which he hopes to see at the centre of such an election, if it happens.
What is the point of giving power to local education authorities, academy trusts, and school governors of the Secretary of State is held responsible for every ill-maintained roof?
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.
The twenty-second 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.
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).
We kick off a ConservativeHome project on strong families, better schools and good jobs today – indispensable means of achieving a smaller state and a stronger society.
A lower tax burden will be impossible without less supply of government. And for there to be less supply, there must first be less demand.
Sunak and Truss are indicative of an educational world divided between private schools and state comprehensives. Grammars can play a role alongside Gove’s reforms in ending that dichotomy.
It marks a shift from his original vision, which placed a much greater emphasis on individual schools having the freedom to do their own thing.
Policy-makers should explore they should explore how to utilise such sponsors as philanthropists, businesses and charities.
That headteachers and unions are up in arms about it says a lot about the priorities of parts of the sector.
It’s hard work, but the progressive ideology has not gone away. It would be a tragedy for future generations if we gave in and settled for an easier life.
A remarkable amount has been achieved. Often against the odds and in the face of adversity. And certainly in circumstances far less benign than those faced by New Labour.