In 1988 the Education Reform Act introduced the idea of choice for parents and competition among schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Sir Daniel Moynihan, CEO, Harris Federation“Before the Education Reform Act I worked in a London borough and it certainly wasn’t any kind of nirvana anyone would want to go back to. “There was no Ofsted before either, so councils were responsible for marking their own homework, which wasn’t a great thing. “I don’t think the word ‘market’ in education or anything else is a bad or a good thing – all that matters is outcomes. “There are certainly ‘marketisation’ ideas I don’t think work for education: performance related pay is a very bad thing.

Source: The Guardian May 08, 2018 06:00 UTC