So we’re waking up to the dreaded prospect of the coalition of chaos that Theresa May warned us of – and she’s only got herself to blame. And although many are celebrating her embarrassment I cannot see any joy in a country left with no decisive leadership. At a time when we are facing the…
Research published this week claims to prove that social mobility will not be improved by grammar schools as too few working-class children attend them. Well, yes, that is true going by the status quo and the reason it’s true is that there are too few grammar schools! Currently, there are only 164 grammar schools across…
Theresa May’s shock announcement to hold an early General Election had barely registered before all political pundits pronounced it a Brexit Mark II referendum. And I for one will be deeply dismayed if the well-worn argument over Brexit dominates the election debate when there are so many other pressing domestic issues, not least in education.…
This week I was invited to be an audience member for a BBC Radio Kent debate on grammar schools. They had a very diverse panel, from a headteacher of an Academy vehemently opposed to grammar schools to journalist and author Peter Hitchens, a passionate advocate for the return of grammar schools. You can view the debate…
Fifty years ago Harold Wilson announced he wanted every comprehensive school to be as good as a grammar school. Half a century on and we’re still nowhere near to achieving that goal. How much longer do we leave it, another 50 years? No, and that’s why I’m delighted that the government is proposing to put…