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Labour should use private school tax to fix crumbling schools
Sam Freedman explains why so many of England’s school have been allowed to fall into disrepair – and why Labour need to form a plan to fund making them safe again
General
28 June 2023
Rise of persistently absent pupils requires a major recovery plan
The pandemic has shifted expectations around school attendance for many young people and their families – reversing this requires major action, explains Sam Freedman
General
13 June 2023
Why have we heard so few education policy pledges?
Sam Freedman considers the lack of headline-grabbing education policy plans from the Labour and Conservative parties, despite next year’s election
General
2 May 2023
SEND plan ‘is an admission of defeat’
The government’s new SEND plan is unlikely to lead to meaningful change any time soon – which is a disaster for an area of education desperately in need of reform, explains Sam Freedman
General
3 March 2023
The private school sector has ‘priced itself into irrelevance’
In a sample extract from the second edition of The State of Independence, Sam Freedman explains how political positioning on private education has been overtaken by a blunt economic reality – very few people can afford it
Specialist Sector
26 January 2023
Teachers strikes a logical next step - but will government yield?
Sam Freedman explains why the move to strike action is the logical result of a sector stretched to almost breaking point – which may lead to drastic actions by a government seemingly unwilling to budge
General
20 January 2023
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