Stand Up for Pushy Parents ; As the Government Publishes Its Education Bill This Week, One London Parent Who has Battled to Find a Decent Secondary School for Her Child Says Anything has to Be Better Than the Present System

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TWO events coincide this week. The results of the school-place allocations in the state sector are due to land on our doormats on Friday, telling us how many have won a place at our schools of first choice. That heralds celebrations for some, tears and panic among some parents relegated to failing schools.

With eerie timing, the Government is also publishing its controversial education Bill. The fierce opposition to this White Paper puzzles me. Giving children a ticket out of poverty through a fair education system is an aim I support. But the Left's opposition to Blair's changes seems to relate to schools on a different planet.

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Stand Up for Pushy Parents ; As the Government Publishes Its Education Bill This Week, One London Parent Who has Battled to Find a Decent Secondary School for Her Child Says Anything has to Be Better Than the Present System

I write as a member of the muchderided Pushy Middle Class who has been engaged in the great hunt for a place at a good London state secondary school for my child. This challenge requires the investigative skills and the cross-examination methods of a sleuth. So the parents of Lo...

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