Labour

Highly embarrassing that an expert adviser to the Government on the national curriculum has called Gove's plans 'fatally flawed'

Stephen Twigg MP, Labour's Shadow Education Secretary, responding to an article from a member of the Government's expert panel on the national curriculum said:

"The fact that an expert adviser to the Government on the national curriculum has called Michael Gove's plans 'fatally flawed' is highly embarrassing.

"It now seems that after commissioning an in-depth review, the Government is ignoring many of its recommendations in favour of its own prejudice.

"The Government should put evidence ahead of dogma when it comes to education. The curriculum mustn't be prey to political ideology."