Secondary schools should 'take over' primaries, say Tories [timesonline.co.uk]
- Published: 02 March 2010
Successful secondary schools should take over local primary schools to drive up standards at an earlier stage, the Conservatives said yesterday.
Michael Gove, the Shadow Schools Secretary, urged head teachers of high-performing schools to turn themselves into academies and improve neighbouring schools.
“I would like to see far more primary schools coming under the wing of great secondary schools,” Mr Gove told an invited audience of heads in London.
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