Education is in limbo amidst the political tumult

What has happened to the Schools Bill and accompanying white paper? You remember the one. All schools in academy trusts by 2030, a target of 90% of primary children meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 by the same date, some nonsense about a ‘Parent Pledge’, some more nonsense about the length of the school day, and so on. 

Then there was a kerfuffle about the drafting of the Bill – intended to simplify regulation of academies as part of universal academisation but which looked a lot like an enormous centralisation of power in Whitehall. This caused uproar in the House of Lords leading to a hasty rewrite but the return of the Bill has now been delayed as the new Prime Minister and her team review current legislation.