Sign the petition to Stop the Schools Bill

The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill is centralising a lot of decisions that were formerly made by school leaders. Whether that is around what uniform they have or what they teach, this is a big shift in power from the headteacher or school leader to the civil servants and politicians in the town hall or London.

Until now:

• • academies and free schools have been able to tailor their education to the needs of their communities and pupil needs;
  • good schools have been able to expand in response to parental demand;
  • successful academy trusts have been able to turn around failing schools by applying their tried and tested methods for school success.

The Bill wants to take all of this away. This ‘one size fits all’ approach threatens educational standards and outcomes.

When it comes to what is best for children, parents and teachers know, not politicians.