Levelling Down

 Education Act – is it levelling down?

Lord Harris of Peckham (founder of the Harris Federation which runs over 50 academies) wrote in the Times “Failing schools are letting people down. We have to make sure we do not let our children down. The best way to address failing schools is to allow good academies to take over, and give them the freedoms that have made them successful." “Taking these away is madness."

In BBC's 'Today' programme (18th March 2025) Justin Webb quizzed Pat McFadden on the government's Education Act, currently going through parliament, challenging the government's negative attitude to Academies. It seemed to me that he was charging the government with spoiling successful schools. 

The words that seemed to elude him, the charge, was that of "levelling down".