Editor's view

The idea that schools should be more of a community resource, opening up their buildings for longer hours and for a variety of services such as daycare, is an attractive one in principle. But the Government's proposals, unveiled in its Education Bill, also raise serious concerns. I have served as a primary school governor, and had I been told that on top of the onerous existing duties of a governor (meetings galore, mountains of documents to read, huge liabilities and responsibilities piled on by Government) and working full-time while bringing up a child, I was expected to run, say, a...