Potentially fatal flaw in Tory education policy

James Gubb, 7 October 2008

The Conservatives’ plan to encourage social entrepreneurs, charities and parents’ co-operatives to establish new schools in our poorer areas is a promising idea that deserves the praise it has been getting.
But it has a potentially fatal flaw that could undermine any advantages it might bring. Above all, the new Tory academies lack the independence necessary to defy an interfering central government.
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