Nick Seaton of the Campaign for Real Education writes today about the OFSTED report on Stretford Grammar School, which has been put into special measures, the first grammar school to suffer this fate. Nick’s piece is on Conservative Home, here, and tells us quite a bit about OFSTED’s findings, which seem to concentrate on those [...]
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We have learnt with great sadness of the death of Fraser Mitchell, our Vice President.
Fraser had been having many health problems, with walking, with heart problems, and with his breathing which had been diagnosed as being the result of inhalation of asbestos. He had remained very cheerful, although all the problems were getting worse. He [...]
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“This country has a serious problem: a large number of people leave the education system functionally illiterate, lacking the basic skills they need to lead an ordinary contented life.” This was how Douglas Carswell began his recent talk to the Conservative Education Society.
Douglas Carswell is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Harwich, is a member [...]
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The official Education Special Interest Group of the Conservative Party
