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Education and Skills Bill

I risk prolonging the debate on what is a good school—the hon. Gentleman's definition is admirable—but is not the Conservative party, since sacking the previous shadow Secretary of State, getting locked back into this loop of privilege: a good school is only a school with lots of high achieving, very able pupils? That is rather like the rear admiral representing the private sector who, in response to the hon. Gentleman during questioning at the Select Committee recently, said, ““Well, there are only so many excellent teachers and excellent pupils.”” The corollary was, ““And they are all in the private schools where people pay £28,000 a year to send their kids.””