The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is centralising a lot of decisions that were formerly made by school leaders. Whether that is around what uniform they have or what they teach, this is a big shift in power from the headteacher or school leader to the civil servants and politicians in the town hall or London.

Until now free schools and academies have had a number of freedoms which help to make them distinct and allowed them to tailor their education to the local community and pupil circumstances. But this Bill introduces a ‘one size fits all’ approach that threaten educational standards and outcomes.