At a visit to Morpeth School in Tower Hamlets, Clegg is expected to say: “It is Liberal Democrat policy to give all schools, whether they are academies or not, those same freedoms to attract and reward excellent teaching, set their own term dates and vary their school day.
“We believe greater autonomy enables school leaders to take responsibility in those areas where they know what’s best for their pupils, while giving them the freedom to innovate.”
But he is also expected to say that amid the “dizzying range of independent, autonomous schools, each with its own different specialism, ethos or mission”, parents should be “safe in the knowledge that there are certain safeguards – a safety net, if you like, to prevent their children from falling through the cracks”.
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