If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken.

Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.

The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences.

While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.

My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family. It is not a contest between the two.

I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them.

Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause.