One of Gove’s free schools gets only 37 applications for September
A free school that hoped to cater for 300 students has only received 37 applications for the upcoming school year
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Labour’s academies legislation laid the ground for free schools’ marriage moralising
Alex Hern reveals that the Telegraph’s story on Free Schools and section 28 is ten years out of date – this isn’t Gove’s nasty, it’s Blair’s.
The carpetbaggers have their eyes on free schools
We should be very suspicious Nick Clegg used the phrase “profits” in the context of free schools yesterday, writes Left Foot Forward’s Cormac Hollingsworth.
Gove’s ‘for-profit’ free schools lust overlooks warning signs from US
Michael Gove’s lack of concern that free schools may be operated by for-profit companies indicates his willingness to overlook the warning signs from the US.
Clegg’s win on ‘free schools’ start of the battle to save state education
The vetoing of Tory plans for free schools to become profit-making marks out coalition dividing lines and the ideological battle over education at the next election.
“Deep cuts” may be required to fund free schools
The Institute for Fiscal Studies issued a stern warning this week about the “deep” cuts required to fund the Coalition Government’s roll out of free schools.
Gove ties himself up in knots over “free schools” policy
Michael Gove came unstuck earlier, skewered over his insistence on praising the underperforming Swedish schools system while doing down Britain’s schools.
Yet another blow to Tories’ “free schools” policy
Today’s short report from the LSE marks another blow for David Cameron’s Tory party’s proposals to introduce “Swedish schools” into the UK education system.
Questions remain over Tory “free schools” plans
The Tories are facing fresh questions over their plans to roll out hundreds of “free schools” after Ed Balls this week branded them “unworkable” at a time of spending cuts.
New government rules on ‘political impartiality’ in schools will chill free speech
New guidance on ‘political impartiality’ has been criticised for seeking to chill discussion of political subjects.