Tories publish blueprint for dismantling state education

24 April 2009

Commenting on the announcement by Michael Gove, Shadow Secretary of State for Children Schools and Families, that under a Conservative Government primary schools would be given independence from local authorities to become academies, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers' union in the UK, said:

"Having already announced academies will be the norm for secondary schools, this proposal for primary schools completes the Tories' blueprint for the dismantling of state education.

"There is no evidence that severing the links between local authorities and schools improves standards of education, tackles disadvantage or gives parents more influence.

"These plans are the naked marketisation of education and will place thousands of children and young people at the mercy of private, voluntary and independent providers."

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