Speaking at the Institute of Public Policy Research last month, education secretary Ruth Kelly said that a Schools White Paper will be published in the autumn, focusing on 'the opportunity children from different backgrounds have in getting into different schools and on what actually happens within the school'.
Plans to 'reform the education system' and to 'improve educational standards for all' were annouced in the Queen's speech in May 2005. The legislation came after the Labour Party's manifesto said that good schools would be able to 'expand their size and their influence by taking over less successful schools' and that new educational providers, including church and other faith schools, would be welcomed into the state system, subject to 'parental demand, fair funding and fair admissions'.
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