EDUCATION ‘POSTCODE LOTTERY’

17 October 2007

Commenting on the poll conducted by the Children’s Society as part of its ‘Good Childhood Inquiry’ Steve Sinnott General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Europe’s largest teaching union said:

“These are disturbing findings. They demonstrate that the right to choose a school is being used by those who have the financial capacity to make such choices.

“The Children’s Society is wrong however in saying that  its figures indicate huge variations in school standards.

“The real culprit is legislation which promotes so called “choice” and “diversity” of schools. This merely exacerbates social divisions and encourages parents to neglect good local schools in their own communities”.