The Prime Minister’s election gamble. The pros. The cons.
Above all, don’t neglect the obvious. May is vulnerable to Tory revolts – as the NICs debacle proved. She wants a real working majority.
Above all, don’t neglect the obvious. May is vulnerable to Tory revolts – as the NICs debacle proved. She wants a real working majority.
Today’s papers show she already has a tough time pleasing everyone.
The Education Secretary must navigate skilfully to get the proposals safely to port.
We will champion grammar schools, as well as promoting engineering, manufacturing and construction training, and information technology.
The Education Secretary is grappling with reform of the national funding formula for schools at a time when spending on them is under pressure.
Politics requires both action and explanation.
The former Education Secretary says she knows from experience that “there’s only so much brain space” for reforms.
And May’s reputation for straightforwardness risks damage from the Budget’s proposals for NICs.
Real change won’t happen until until technical courses gain equal esteem to academic ones.
As long as their priority is social mobility, we should cheer on Hammond and May.
The reality is that most of it will be concentrated on pupils older than 16 – whatever the best age may be at which to select.
A narrow, national criteria for success punishes the very diversity and autonomy the Government aims to foster in our education system.
Limiting the Prime Minister’s public interventions is wise, but it will backfire if Departments don’t step in to provide material fleshing out her agenda.
She’s only been in power for a few months but there have already been ten notable policy changes.
The lifting of the admissions cap of particular importance to Catholics.