What does the Schools White Paper mean for pupils, teachers and leaders?

Normally a Schools White Paper from the Department for Education, or DfE, would attract plenty of attention on its release as it sets out the direction of travel on schools policy for the foreseeable future.

But when the new Schools White Paper was launched on February 23rd, the media focus was instead on the DfE’s plans to reform the special educational needs system in England.

Those special needs reforms will be the subject of my next podcast, but in this episode we are taking a deep dive into the Schools White Paper because it was not short of bold ideas and policy goals. Whether they are the right ideas and the right goals is very much up for debate.

So what are the main reforms in the Schools White Paper? Does the White Paper successfully combine ambition and pragmatism? And which of its reforms are likely to stand the test of time, and which will be quickly forgotten?

My guests are Laura McInerney, the co-founder of Teacher Tapp, and Freddie Whittaker, the editor of Schools Week.

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