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Devolving powers to improve school standards is good for children, parents and local authorities David Blunkett’s wide-ranging review on the devolution of power to local areas to tackle underperformance and ensure proper oversight of schools is a radical proposal to...

Ideology and school place planning do not go together. This was illustrated yesterday on national offer day for primary school places. In London, five per cent of parents did not receive an offer of a school place at any of the schools that they had applied for. In...

When George Orwell was writing Animal Farm his mind was firmly fixed on the failings of the Communist ideology. Its maxim that ‘All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others’ rang true for the Soviet Union, but it is one that resonates in so many other...

Tristram Hunt made a strong start in his new role as shadow secretary of state for education last weekend: a clear and passionate exchange on the Andrew Marr show (best line: ‘I’ve got a PhD from Cambridge. No one needs to tell me about rigour’) followed a frank...