Against the White Paper - from the NUT website

The Government’s White Paper, ‘Higher Standards, Better Schools for All’ proposes legislation to establish Trust Schools and Academies with considerable control over their own admissions. NUT is asking you to write to your MP and express your concerns' over the proposals.

You can find more about the NUT's campaign on the White paper here

I should appreciate if in your reply you could express your views on the potential of the Government’s proposals to:

* favour affluent and articulate families over those who are less advantaged
* fuel damaging competition between schools rather than the collaboration needed to make the education service effective for all pupils
* extend selection by ability, allowing schools to select pupils rather than parental choice; reduce the direct influence of parents currently exercised through school governing bodies
* remove the accountability of schools currently exercised by and through the local authority.