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Now we have the opportunity, we need to reinvent schools
It isn’t a ‘mutant algorithm’ that we have to worry about — it’s an education system that is designed to favour the most wealthy in society, writes ROBERT POOLE
Boris Johnson visits a primary school

THE summer holidays are normally a time when teachers can switch off and recharge their batteries ready for the autumn term.

This year that has not been the case. It has instead been a summer of Tory chaos.

The most recent education shambles — and I say most recent to distinguish it from the myriad other cock-ups that have taken place this year — has resulted in yet another Tory U-turn (I make that 12 so far).

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