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Teachers’ new weapon: Physical force

By politics.co.uk staff Teachers are to be given the freedom to physically restrain pupils to keep school pupils in check, ministers are expected to announce. The move is the latest in a series of steps by the new coalition government to reduce centralised interference in the running of Britain’s schools. The government is adopting a… Read more »

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Swedish model may not be as attractive as previously thought
Free school benefits questioned

By politics.co.uk staff Research undermining the value of ‘free schools’ backed by the new coalition government has brought Michael Gove’s policy into question. The education secretary announced plans to follow the Swedish model for schools which are publicly funded but operate independently from their local authority last week. According to a paper published in the… Read more »