The Tories’ absurd school regime can’t even set a spelling test | Simon Jenkins

Bypassing local authorities was always going to end in trouble and, lo and behold, an exam has been published online

Anyone seeking a foretaste of David Cameron’s proposed national schools service need look no further than this week’s primary school test fiasco. The government has had to withdraw its new exam for six- and seven-year-olds because the questions on grammar, punctuation and spelling were leaked online.

So-called “academisation” is supposed to liberate schools from inefficient local...