What should be the role of Local Authorities in education?

Cllr Russell King, a Conservative councillor in Wandsworth and a teacher in a local authority school, says the LGA are… Read more »

Will Gove’s vocational education revival work?

Laurie Thaves of the Local Government Information Unit says a dozen technology collleges is not enough Councils from all parties… Read more »

Will the Free Schools take off?

Last week's Spectator cover story was about the effectiveness of the teacher's unions and assorted left wing activists in opposing… Read more »

After the Audit Commission, should Ofsted be next for the chop?

In a recent post on the abolition of the Audit Commission, Colin Smith urged the Government to continue it's battle… Read more »

Michael Gove’s School Report

Nick Seaton of the Campaign for Real Education gives the Education Secretary five out of 10. With MPs on their… Read more »

Academies Bill passes Commons with majority of 92

By Tim Montgomerie Nick Gibb MP, Schools Minister, concluded yesterday's week long debate on the Academies Bill which passed the… Read more »

Use empty shops for free schools

Building consultancy EC Harris has produced a report on the potential for empty shops to adapted as Free Schools. They… Read more »

Gove’s free schools could be scuppered by School Admissions Code

Interested in starting one of the Free Schools which Michael Gove is going to allow? Read this and weep. It… Read more »

Gove shifts education spending from buildings and quangoes to teachers and deprived areas

Education Secretary Michael Gove concluded his statement on school buildings yesterday with these words: "We have safeguarded front-line revenue schools… Read more »

Select Committee election results: Labour and Liberal MPs line up behind the Conservative establishment

I wondered earlier this week here whether Labour MPs would use the Select Committee elections to make life difficult for… Read more »

CCHQ fury at BBC Today programme’s reporting of Tory schools policy

Earlier today the Today programme led on a report that the Tory leader of Kent County Council, Paul Carter, disagreed… Read more »

Why we need Parent Power

Mark Wallace, of the Taxpayers Alliance, backs Michael Gove's proposed school revolution When I was in Sixth Form (not that… Read more »

Forgotten army of school governors are the right people to bring back rigour

Laurie Thraves of the Local Government Information Unit says school governors should be given real clout. Education is emerging as… Read more »

Councils cover up incompetent teachers

Figures released in a report yesterday by the National Centre for Social Research show many councils are failing to report incompetent… Read more »

Council officers should be named

Nick Seaton of the Campaign for Real Education says accountability should include identifying who councils rely on for advice. Too… Read more »