When Whitehall meddles in schools, it's only ever bad news | Simon Jenkins

Forget talk of liberating local schools in Birmingham or anywhere else. The distant rule of Gove and Ofsted is far more damaging

Where is the voice of Birmingham's teachers? In a former life I was briefly a teacher. Of all the jobs I have ever done, this was the hardest. I felt I was doctor, policeman, judge, scholar, counsellor and friend. I felt horribly responsible for the faces of the future gazing up at me. My professional accountability was to them and no one else. Never d...