Nursery World - Quote of the week (74)

'David Blunkett has presided over a set of initiatives that has wasted taxpayers' money, distracted teachers from their real responsibilities and encapsulated the worst of the discredited ideology that has done so much damage since the 1960s. He has just not delivered. A generation of children has been betrayed.' Former chief inspector of schools Chris Woodhead, The Daily Telegraph

Former chief inspector of schools Chris Woodhead, The Daily Telegraph

'I haven't transformed the education service yet in the way I would wish, but I have laid the foundations and I'm very sorry indeed that Chris has chosen to abuse us in this way.'

Education and employment secretary David Blunkett, BBC Online

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