Britain | Education reform
The new school rules
The academies programme has transformed England’s educational landscape
THE King Solomon Academy, a squat modern building overshadowed by social-housing tower blocks in central London, feels like the kind of inner-city school that reformers dream of creating. The mood is attentive, the walls festooned with quotes enjoining pupils to aim high.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The new school rules”
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