John Dunford Quotes on Education (4 Quotes)

This is very far from the Prime Minister's vision of schools being more independent from local authorities.

There must be a strong suspicion that this is a ruse to increase the number of schools that can be turned into academies, so that the Prime Minister's target of 200 academies can be met.

I think if the ruling had gone the other way, then it would have been a precedent, which would have created many difficulties for schools that wanted to have a school uniform. As it is, I think, what's happened is that it's really preserved the status quo -- that if a pupil is not wearing the proper school uniform, then it is perfectly right for the school to take disciplinary action.

In too many cases, appeals panels are erratic and their judgements are based wholly on the circumstances of the individual child, without giving enough thought to other pupils and teachers in the school,