The Tories plan to make teaching elitist if they are ever elected to government. As a co-operator who believes in choice I think all schools should have only the best teachers and the choice of school should be based on other factors.
All too often choice is too much focussed on the ‘best schools’ with the ‘best teachers’ with the ‘best students’. I’d like to see choice based more on what the school offers, such as whether they provide after school clubs specialising in music, IT, science, etc. or the particular help they are able to offer people with behavioural difficulties, disabilities or other special educational needs.
When people choose a mobile phone they don’t only consider whether their friends recommend it or whether a magazine says it’s the best on the market, but also a number of other factors, such as its features and the applications it runs. Choosing a school should be similar; it should not only be its reputation that is consider, but also whether it offers the experience that meets the needs of the user.