"The trend in England has been towards decreasing school segregation, but areas in which primary free schools opened saw the opposite trend."

#UKpolitics #Education #FreeSchools

https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/aug/17/goves-free-schools-increase-segregation-and-harm-nearby-schools-says-study

But that's exactly what the coke head wanted

https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/aug/17/goves-free-schools-increase-segregation-and-harm-nearby-schools-says-study

#MichaelGove #Tories #Education #FreeSchools

#Gove’s #FreeSchools increase #segregation and harm nearby #schools, says study

Michael Gove’s policy aimed to create ‘galvanising effect’ on system in #England but led to rise in divisions

The #UCL study of free schools found that despite claims of setting high standards, this was not the case. Primary free schools performed worse than a matched sample of similar schools, while secondary free schools performed no better or worse.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/aug/17/goves-free-schools-increase-segregation-and-harm-nearby-schools-says-study

'#Tories put #children at risk by pursuing their #FreeSchools obsession – and I have the figures to prove it

Scrutiny of spending shows how money was diverted into building free #schools rather than the upkeep of existing ones'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/12/tories-children-government-spending-money-building-free-schools
#ToryPoliciesInAction #IdeologyBeforeSafety #education #Infrastructure #CrumblingConcrete #RAAC #NastyParty #England