School heads' chief warns against public-private sector 'arranged marriage'

Mike Buchanan, chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), will say that colleagues are largely in support of Theresa May's plans to improve state education, but that "forcing" the public and private institutions to work together is "fraught with difficulties".
Speaking at the annual conference in Stratford-upon-Avon, Mr Buchanan will compare the Prime Minister's vision for changing the way schools work together with an arranged marriage.
He will say: "Independent and state schools cannot make our relationships work with a gun pointing at our... read more