Neil Carmichael
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(9 years, 2 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
We must hear from the Chairman of the Select Committee, Mr Neil Carmichael.
Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con)
Thank you very much, Mr Speaker.
I welcome the statement, but does my right hon. Friend agree that the real challenge is ensuring that all children can go to a decent school, and that the real way of doing that is ensuring that good schools co-operate with less good schools to make all schools great?
Nicky Morgan
It will not surprise my hon. Friend to know that I completely agree with him. As I have said, one of the things that we are seeing in our education system now is collaboration between schools that are working to support each other, perhaps as part of formal arrangements such as multi-academy trusts or federations. Individual leaders in education—headteachers and leaders in governance—are supporting other schools and helping the whole system to get better. The last Ofsted report showed that 82% of schools in this country are good or outstanding.