32 Quotes by Estelle Morris

My Department has already recognised this and has been working specifically on the technical support issue since January and will offer advice to schools during the Autumn term.

I think film is a very powerful advocate and message carrier.

OFSTED has made large cuts in the paperwork which schools are asked to provide and further steps to reduce the bureaucratic burden will be introduced in September.

Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so.

My focus and that of all members of the Government responsible for delivering services to the public is to make sure that the public sector can use all the skills it needs to do the job the public wants it to do.

The need for improved technical support in schools has expanded as the Government and schools have increased their investment in information and communications technologies.

We do recognise the need to move towards the publication of information showing the progress made by pupils from one stage of their education to another.

Where the private sector, or anyone else, has skills, knowledge and resources that can help to deliver a high quality of education and to raise standards, we should use them.

Headteachers and governing bodies run schools and that won't change.