Tristram Hunt MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to Ofsted’s publication of a new Advice Note on Birmingham schools to the Education Secretary, said:

“It is utterly incomprehensible that six months after these serious concerns became public David Cameron’s Government has still not taken action, putting children at risk from radical, hard-line agendas and damaging school standards. It is gross negligence from the Prime Minister and his Tory-led Government and they must urgently explain their inaction.

“It is clear that the Government has absolutely no idea or plan for tackling the vulnerable situation at these schools. Labour will take tough action quickly, introducing robust local oversight of all schools through new Directors of School Standards in every area, to spot and challenge problems before they set in and root-out falling standards.”

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