This conference was organised in collaboration with Comprehensive Future, the education journal Forum, Information for School and College Governors, the Socialist Educational Association and with support from Anti-Academies Alliance. We are particularly grateful for the generous assistance of the Association of Teachers & Lecturers.
PETER DOWNES: We need a national, evidence-based formula that reflects the needs of pupils and the activities expected of schools with LAs empowered to make local adjustments to achieve fairness, viability and a coherent locally accountable system.
PETER MORTIMORE: What’s worth fighting for? A system that serves the needs of the majority of our children - rather than the advantaged - and which creates future citizens likely to promote a good society.
TIM BRIGHOUSE: 1. We need to restore the balance a) between the political and the professional and b) between national and local management of education.
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