Overwhelming support for Grammar Schools

An overwhelming majority of the public support the autonomy and continued existence of England's 164 grammar schools and the 68… Read more »

Swedish school choice is working

There is a consensus in Sweden that their policy of school choice, introduced in 1992, has driven up standards. This… Read more »

Conservatives will end Councils’ veto on new school buildings

A report on The Politics Show yesterday highlighted a "contradiction" in the Conservative planning proposals to be published later this month…. Read more »

Trafford Council has not banned any child from any school trip

Cllr Matthew Colledge is Leader of Trafford Council and responds here to Nick Seaton's article yesterday suggesting that Trafford Council… Read more »

Trafford Council bans middle class children from school trips

Nick Seaton, of the Campaign for Real Education, says Trafford Council's decision to have school trips just for free school… Read more »

Demand for more Grammar schools hasn’t gone away

Nick Seaton, of the Campaign for Real Education, says the response to the draft education manifesto shows there is still… Read more »

Tory councillors attack Michael Gove’s Free Schools policy

The Politics Show yesterday included a slot highlighting Tory councillors' criticisms of the Conservatives' decision to embrace the Swedish model… Read more »

Council criticised for cancelling school trip

Lib Dem lead Highland Council has been criticised for cancelling a school trip. Each year children the Crown Primary School in… Read more »

Why councillors should oppose statutory PSHE in schools

Nick Seaton, of the Campaign for Real Education, says Conservatives should oppose the Children, Schools and Families Bill before Parliament…. Read more »

Councils spend £20 million translating documents

Mark Wallace of the Taxpayers Alliance says councils are perpetuating the problem of people not speaking English. It is a… Read more »

Perverse Government rules that encourage school closures

Conservative-run Essex County Council has warned that existing government rules could effectively be forcing heads to close their schools in… Read more »

What role should Councils have in the school system?

The Localis think tank always come up with interesting stuff. Their latest paperis on what role (if any) local councils… Read more »

The DCSF should come clean over Graham McAvoy’s fees

Nick Seaton, of the Campaign for Real Education, believes that paying consultants exorbitant fees is the wrong way to involve… Read more »

Stop closing good small schools

Nick Seaton of the Campaign for Real Education urges Councils to stop being bribed by Building Schools for the Future… Read more »

Balls fiddles figures on sex education

Nick Seaton of the Campaign for Real Education on the desperate efforts of Ed Balls to portray parents as favouring… Read more »