The new education secretary has pledged to “reinvigorate” the schools “revolution” started by Michael Gove, as he vowed to intervene “firmly” in underperforming schools to “push” them into academy trusts.
Kit Malthouse told a Centre for Policy Studies fringe event at the Conservative Party conference that the Covid-19 pandemic had “stalled” the movement started when the party came to power in 2010, and said he had told his team to “put some more momentum behind us”.
The future of flagship schools reforms put forward under Boris Johnson remains uncertain amid a review of policies by new prime minister Liz Truss.
