Swedish model of ‘free schools’
“the Lundquists decided on a route currently not available to most British parents – they actually set up a brand new state school themselves with other local parents and helped run it just how they liked.”
Raising the bar, closing the gap
David Cameron today promised 220,000 extra school places as part of Conservative plans to raise school standards and make opportunity more equal. Speaking at the launch of ‘Raising the bar, closing the gap’, our Green Paper on education, David said,
It’s time for a revolution in the supply of education in this country.
are there really 220,000 children without school places taht need one? Blimey, no wonder home education numbers are rising….
Hey, good point! That is a surprise.
I’m sure I read somewhere tonight that there are actually 248,000 surplus places at the moment, but I may be making that up (surely not) as I can’t find it again now.