Ministerial claims that all is well in our schools look plain silly, says Dr Mary Bousted, when compared with the reality of crumbling buildings, a shortage of teachers, funding shortfalls and much more
I am genuinely at a loss over the government’s education policy. Increasingly I am of the view that Rishi Sunak, Gillian Keegan and Nick Gibb exist in an alternative universe where wishing makes it so.
Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s recently stated his ambition to have all students studying maths, in some form, up to age 18.
When first announced this policy was criticised by some commentators, and by students, who argued it was unreasonable and unfair to insist on the study of maths until 18.
