A Downing Street reception for school teachers hosted by the prime minister last month was an “ideological love-in” at which staff from academies and free schools outnumbered those from maintained schools five to one.
Theresa May and Damian Hinds welcomed more than 100 “high-performing” teachers to Number 10 on May 21 for a celebration of their “hard work and dedication”.
But the guest list shows that 80 per cent of attendees were from mainstream academies, despite the fact academies make up just 35 per cent of schools nationally. Just 15 per cent of invitees teach in mainstream local maintained schools.
Exposed: The Downing Street teacher reception where academies reigned supreme
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