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Ed Dorrell
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‘The government is set to allow existing schools to convert to grammar status in the White Paper’
There is still time for a last-minute change of heart, but Downing Street is keen to pursue the most controversial element of its grammar school proposals
21 March 2017
‘Schools stare into the abyss: this next few weeks will decide the future shape of education for decades to come’
With speculation whirring around funding and grammar school reform, schools are on the verge of a time of change that would make Michael Gove look light-touch
18 March 2017
‘I looked inside the belly of the right-wing pro-grammar school beast. It wasn’t pretty’
It’s easy to forget that there’s a whole raft of campaigners out there passionately arguing for more grammar schools. And they’re ok with trampling all over comprehensive education while they do it, writes TES’s head of content
15 March 2017
‘Justine Greening might be changing the mood music to the profession - but her ministerial colleagues haven’t picked up the new melody’
The new (ish) education secretary Justine Greening might be reaching out to teachers – but junior ministers Nick Gibb and Lord Nash are still criticising the profession, writes TES’s head of content
11 March 2017
‘The independence of independent schools is under attack - don’t underestimate how hard they will push back’
It might seem easy politicking to duff up the independent school sector, but perhaps the government ought to be a little more careful about the fights it chooses to start
27 February 2017
‘Downing Street and the DfE appear to be developing twin-track - and unrelated - education policy slates’
Justine Greening seems to want to concentrate on empowering the teaching profession – No 10 is committed to grammar schools. Can they both succeed?
19 February 2017