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Michael Gove's inglorious revolution

A shortfall in school places and chaos in the teacher training system are just two signs of the disastrous impact of government policy, says Dr Mary Bousted.

Three o’clock in the morning is hell for those of us who have trouble sleeping. It’s the witching hour when I sit bolt upright in bed and then lie awake worrying about things left undone and things to do.

I wonder if Michael Gove wakes in the early hours and ponders the problems that he faces. It is said that your sins will find you out and Mr Gove is increasingly being found out. His glorious revolution is turning out to be neither glorious nor revolutionary.

Serious questions are being asked about the pace and extent of his changes, and loose ends are unravelling as ideologically driven, hastily implemented, policies begin to fall apart.

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