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The 2010-15 Coalition Government and the Legacy of Free Schools in England
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Ben Williams – Policy Futures in Education, 2024
Free schools were a flagship policy of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition (2010-15), aligned with the broader academisation programme, yet both consolidating and transcending New Labour's educational narrative between 1997 and 2010. Driven by political 'modernisers' such as Prime Minister David Cameron and his Education Secretary Michael…
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