Local oversight of school standards is “just as patchy” under the government’s regional schools commissioners as it was under local authorities and should be returned to local politicians, the former Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has said.
Speaking to The Guardian as part of a debate about Labour’s plans for a National Education Service, Wilshaw said the “massive expansion of the academies and free schools programme” has “marginalised local authorities and the role of local politicians”.
Return oversight of schools to local people, says Sir Michael Wilshaw
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