Ruth Kelly Quotes on Education (4 Quotes)

For too long, access to some schools has only been open to those who could afford to buy an expensive house next to a good school, while the rest were told to accept what they'd been given,

If there hasn't been significant progress after a year, then the local authority and the school ought to consider a more radical option.

I am absolutely clear that the scandal of junk food served every day in school canteens must end. So today I can announce that I will ban low-quality reprocessed bangers and burgers high in fat, salt and sugar being served in schools, from next September.

There's the odd case ... where a school stays in special measures for four, five or even six years. And that just can't be right,