The news is just the latest retreat on a controversial policy.
I’m delighted to announce that the Pearson and AQA exam boards have agreed to continue providing the foreign languages they were offering.
Managing the controversial White Paper through into action is a formidable task for the woman who is mulling a future crack at the leadership.
In no place has the assault on masculinity been more prevalent, more zealously pursued and more enthusiastically executed, than in our schools.
We are united by our belief in individual freedom, social and personal responsibility and our passion to see everyone have the opportunity to achieve their potential.
The Government has gone a step forward – but then half a step back.
We need to think very carefully about how parents and the wider community can continue involvement in the life of a school when it has transferred to a MAT.
We want to enable academies to move from a model where parents are chosen for their expertise.
This policy refuses to recognise local choice, is supported by a poor evidence base, and proposes large-scale upheaval for uncertain gain.
Universalisation may or may not be a good idea, but either way the Government cannot afford another blue-on-blue battleground at this sensitive time.
The Budget ducked the hard choices that need to be made.
The views of parents matter – and they can serve as a bulwark against corruption.
It will no longer be possible for schools to focus their energies and resources getting a narrow band of C/D grade students over the finishing line.
We should unify all schools under one simple legal status. Opponents of reform are full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Bullying can also involve the convolutions of the internet – fake accounts, mobile phones, texting and the dark web.