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Are you sitting comfortably?
The Plastic Hippo 6 Jul 10
Then I will begin...
Once upon a time in a land far, far away, someone somewhere realised that the condition of school buildings in Britain was a national disgrace. A fairy godmother found a pot of gold and the plan was to make everyone live happily ever after. But the ogres, dragons and trolls have stolen the pot of gold and the lost boys will remain forever lost.
The Education Reform Act of 1988, introduced by Kenneth Baker (remember him?), was a knee-jerk reaction to the realisation that schools were physically falling apart after decades of neglect. The then government introduced the key stages, the national curriculum, league tables and grant maintained schools and the now forgotten Local Management of Schools initiative…