FT: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5a235bb2-118d-11e3-8321-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2eaKihS5u
Discusses loss of ability to plan from the top down due to independent free schools and academies.
"Critics of the free school reforms argue that since these are demand-led, local authorities and ministers cannot direct the creation of schools where they are most needed. This pitfall is evident in the newest wave of 93 free schools that opened this month. None of the London boroughs most affected by the shortage of places – Barking and Dagenham, Newham and Waltham Forest – have a new primary school on this list."
Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/sep/09/harris-academy-education-news-in-brief
Includes a look at Harris Academies
Teacher training being done in schools rather than university via the School Direct programme
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