The Government are outlining plans today for a shake up in education whereby parents in England could get the power to force councils to improve the quality of their local schools.
Parents would be able to demand action at a school in their area, even if their children were not pupils. From what I understand, this would by-pass an OFSTED inspectors enquiry and Government intervention.
It would give parents of primary school pupils the right to complain about a secondary school that their children may be attending in the future. The local authority would have to take these complaints on-board and make every possible effort to raise the school standards. This includes replacing the head teacher, if the authority deems it necessary.
This is all well and good, but to me it seems like the Government has run up the white flag on education.
If the Government has washed its hands of the most basic element of a civilised society, education, then it has washed its hands of the country.
Do you want the country to be governed by a rabble that has turned its back on the future?
No? Nor do I!
About Me
- George W Whitehead
- Father and grand father, married to Sandra, who is partially disabled. We have two rescued dogs, Sophie and Kip who we treat as kids. Now that I am retired I try to do a bit of freelance writing, the hardest part is getting it published! The on-line stuff I do is published on 'Triond' (link on left).
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