In a speech to the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), he criticised the government’s decision to replace Labour’s Department for Children, Schools and Families with the DfE.
He fears the restructure means there is no longer a strong voice for "all children’s needs" within government. This could lead to a "real danger of going back to fragmented and poorly integrated policy," he added.
He also urged the government to consider a radical initiative from Canada aimed at building empathy among pupils.
Called Roots of Empathy, the scheme involves schools recruiting a local parent of a new-born baby, who will visit the school once a month for the first year of the baby’s life.
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