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Why we cannot support the White Paper

The latest education White Paper lacks useful detail. As such, it only serves to cause widespread alarm and prevent any meaningful engagement, says Deborah Lawson

The government’s plans for education in England, announced, unusually, by the Chancellor in the Budget, were quickly followed by the White Paper.

Educational Excellence Everywhere is a blueprint for education for the next five years. As an aspiration it is to be commended. As a vision it is radical and has far-reaching implications for education and the teaching profession.

The paper sets a clear direction and pace of change. What it does not include is detail, and the devil is always in the detail. Too much detail would inhibit the much-needed contribution of education unions and the profession to the development of that detail.

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