Langley Junior School in Plymouth, Devon, is using the 'power to innovate' in the Education Act 2002 to vary its timetable. From the start of the spring term, on Wednesday afternoons the school will be allowed to extend the length of the school day, giving teachers time to plan and prepare lessons and draw up education plans for individual pupils. The Act gives the education secretary leeway to let schools test new ideas for raising standards. Education secretary Charles Clarke said, 'In future, the power to innovate will enable more schools to cut through bureaucracy and to explore opportunities to improve the education of their pupils.'
Langley Junior School in Plymouth, Devon, is using the 'power to innovate' in the Education Act 2002 to vary its timetable. From the start of the spring term, on Wednesday afternoons the school will be allowed to extend the length of the school day, giving teachers time to plan and prepare lessons and draw up education plans for individual pupils. The Act gives the education secretary leeway to let schools test new ideas for raising standards. Education secretary Charles Clarke said, 'In future, the power to innovate will enable more schools to cut through bureaucracy and to explore opportunities to improve the education of their pupils.'
