We have just entered 2019 and the debate about grammar schools shows no sign of abating. Since Theresa May looked into overturning the ban on new grammar schools there has been much hand wringing from critics who claim they do not help poorer children. Their arguments are often based on the very small number of…
It was one of the boldest speeches to come from a Secretary of State for Education for a long time – and it had a vision that will benefit all children. Damien Hinds’ vision for education gives schools the freedom to do what is right for the children and parents they are serving. It focussed…
It’s been revealed that poorer children in the UK are lagging far behind their peers from across the world. The findings from the Education Policy Institute found that at the GCSE level, students from deprived backgrounds in this country fell far behind children from similar backgrounds in other countries – and no more so than…
And so we welcome another new Secretary of State for Education and I for one am hoping Damian Hinds’ appointment heralds a return to the government’s election promises. It’s been said that Justine Greening was removed from the brief as she did not exactly see eye-to-eye on the Prime Minister’s vision for grammar schools as…
Most people would have felt sympathy for Theresa May when her conference speech went so horribly wrong yesterday. But behind the headlines of the voice-loss and the ‘comedy’ invader was a speech that would have spluttered anyway – cough or no cough. It pains me to say but the Conservatives are letting the opposition dictate the…