You've Got Everything Now
- Alex Cameron
- 3 days ago
- 1 min read
Stocking-fillers for Christmas, books from 2025 from contributors of the Future Cities Project
My short review of Reforming Lessons: Why English Schools Have Improved Since 2010 and How This Was Achieved, by Nick Gibb and Robert Peal, Routledge. Other reviews can be read here.
Few people, even among committed educationalists, would describe many books on education as inspiring, but Reforming Lessons is just that. A first-hand account of the reforms that have been applied to English schools (only in England as education is a devolved matter in the UK) since 2010. One immediate impact has been to arrest English schools’ decline in international league tables. Nick Gibb, a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2024 and Robert Peal, joint Headteacher of the West London Free School prove that reform in education is not only necessary but possible. Further, they show that reform can deliver demonstrable successes in key areas from pupil behaviour to the knowledge-rich curriculum. Essential reading for anyone interested in education.
Alex Cameron, December 2025
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You've Got Everything Now
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