HomeSchooler.org.uk

"Mr Speaker, over the past 12 years school standards have risen significantly in our country – and our education system has changed beyond recognition:

- the number of secondary schools with at least 30% of pupils failing to achieve five good GCSEs including English and maths has fallen from over half in 1997 to just 1 in 7 schools today;

- we now have over 40,000 more teachers, backed up by over 200,000 more support staff;

- and we now also have 200 National Leaders of Education – compared to none in 1997.

Our best state schools now match the best schools in the private sector and anywhere in the world.

And the reason is that we have rebuilt the school system on a foundation of sustained record investment matched by tough accountability."