Comments on: Unaccounted £1bn cost of Tory school reforms https://leftfootforward.org/2009/08/unaccounted-1bn-cost-of-tory-school-reforms/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:39:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: Yet another blow to Tories' "free schools" policy | Left Foot Forward https://leftfootforward.org/2009/08/unaccounted-1bn-cost-of-tory-school-reforms/#comment-6212 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:39:04 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=440#comment-6212 […] On the unaccounted £1 billion cost of the […]

]]> By: Tory teacher plans will have little or no impact | Left Foot Forward https://leftfootforward.org/2009/08/unaccounted-1bn-cost-of-tory-school-reforms/#comment-4367 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:22:16 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=440#comment-4367 […] schools. Left Foot Forward highlighted some of the evidence against the Swedish Schools model in August and further evidence from the Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMMS) shows that […]

]]> By: Philip Walker https://leftfootforward.org/2009/08/unaccounted-1bn-cost-of-tory-school-reforms/#comment-16 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:20:03 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=440#comment-16 What Pockets said, with stilts on.

I have to disagree on one point, though: were Alan Clark still around, I’m sure 220,000 new pupils would be almost a manifesto commitment. Ahem.

]]> By: Owen Meredith https://leftfootforward.org/2009/08/unaccounted-1bn-cost-of-tory-school-reforms/#comment-15 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:00:04 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=440#comment-15 Interesting story, but a lot of the evidence you sight in pre-2007 stuff, i.e. before the economic downturn. Surely the Tories have (as Labour will) already indicated that these polices will be redrawn in coming months to cope with the state of public finances?

]]> By: Pockets https://leftfootforward.org/2009/08/unaccounted-1bn-cost-of-tory-school-reforms/#comment-14 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:34:08 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=440#comment-14 Welcome to the blogosphere, LeftFootForward. Nice website, good to see bloggers invoking actual evidence 😉
That said, I thought the best way to welcome you would be to disagree (respectfully) with this post, which I think makes a fairly basic mistake – confusing school places with pupils. The UK school system ensures funds follow pupils, not places. And the Tories have proposed 220,000 new school places – not 220,000 new pupils. More here: http://www.hundredpockets.com/2009/08/welcome-to-the-blogosphere/
Still, LeftFootForward is going on the blogroll, and I’ll keep checking back. Best of luck to you…

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