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

Independent schools cannot deliver effective help to state schools with "a gun pointing at our heads", one of the country's leading headteachers will say today.
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... read more