SEN reform announced

Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has today announced the biggest reform of Special Educational Needs for 30 years. The reforms will put parents in charge, giving them the power to control personal budgets for their children – meaning they can choose the expert support that is right for their child, instead of local authorities being the [...]

Schools to be given strengthened powers to deal with underperforming teachers

On 13 January, Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, announced that the Government would be giving schools more powers to remove underperforming teachers. He announced that schools will soon find it easier to manage their teachers and help ensure they are performing to the best of their abilities. Ministers have published new arrangements for [...]

Is Gove moving towards profit-making Free Schools?

According to the Sunday papers, Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education has indicated that he would back free schools being run for profit, which at the moment is not permitted. A group of parents in Brandon, Suffolk, is in the process of setting up a free school, and has asked a Swedish company to manage [...]

Education Secretary to make it easier for Headteachers to deal with struggling teachers

Wow, teacher union leaders have actually praised something that Michael Gove has done!    Yes, his announcement today that he wants to make it easier for headteachers to dismiss bad teachers has won approval from the General Secretaries of both the National Association of Head Teachers and the Association of School and College Leaders. The Education Secretary [...]

“Michael Gove deserves high marks for his big decisions” says Tim Montgomerie

In a piece on the ConservativeHome website, Tim Montgomerie has looked at what Michael Gove has achieved in the eight months since he became Secretary of State for Education.   The full article can be read here, and lists many of the things Mr Gove has done already. Tim says that Mr Gove has not had [...]