Gove. When will he go?

[stillenacht1]

Things are unravelling for our Michael. What do you think will become of him? If he goes I will hold a party

[LuluJakey1]

Can I come to your party? I can think of nothing I would like to celebrate more. I have lots of friends who would come too- probably at least 200. #GoveMustGO

[CharlesRyder]

I will come, also with 200 friends. Get a big venue. Maybe hire a National Park.

[clam]

Things are unravelling for him? Really?
You promise?????

[stillenacht1]

Everyone is invited

Maybe wishful thinking but dear God he HAS to shove off soon please!

[picnicbasketcase]

I wish he'd just fuck off. Every new thing he comes out with is more deranged and puts even more stress on already overworked teachers. He hasn't a clue. And I'm not even a teacher.

[poorbuthappy]

We are on the list please.
We are in Wakes but dh teaches in England so I feel we have a vested interest.
There will be a massive party at ours when he goes.

[poorbuthappy]

Wakes!????? Wales obviously.

[Justtoobad]

Should we send out the invites now, first one addressed Dear Mr Gove, exciting news.....

[stillenacht1]

Sounds good to me but he is definitely not invited!

[LuluJakey1]

Please God let him go soon- for the sake of a whole generation of children whose education he is screwing about with

[motherinferior]

There will be dancing in the streets.

[OhMyActualDays]

Surely he is an election liability, he must be costing them votes!

[chart53]

I am sure UKIP would have him ... surely that is where the mad and the bad go these days.

[HeleneCixous]

Not soon enough, that's for sure

[gertiegusset]

I know, I know...

But he is so blimmin' fugly too.

[edamsavestheday]

I love Gove being taken to the head and made to say sorry.

[lecherrs]

Please let it be soon. His latest reforms to A levels and the scrapping of the 30 A levels and GCSEs is, I fear letting down students.

We can only hope he goes before he gets chance to implement these policies.

In 16 years of teaching, I've never hated an education secretary. I loathe this man.

[LuluJakey1]

Look at this morning's news on Birmingham Schools. This is a direct outcome of Gove's policies.
Academies and Free schools do not answer to the Local Education Authority, they answer to central government and can do almost as they please.
Gove has pushed academisation of schools and introduced Free Schools. They can teach what they like and anyone can teach in them. So of course you get nutters involved in them, of course standards are low.
How many academies, academy chains and Free Schools now have been in trouble because they are failing schools? Many just in the last few months.

Gove Must Go!

[stillenacht1]

Totally agree LuluJakey.

Gove out!!!!

[stillenacht1]

Agree lecherrs in 20 years of teaching I have never felt such a loathing for an Ed Sec.

[meditrina]

They don't see him as a liability.

They're not his personal policies. They are Coalition policies.

He just gets them through (a good quality from the Westminster POV, especially as it is rare to achieve that in this particular Ministry).

[PickledPorcupine]

He's ruined my career, no other way of putting it! Going to have a baby and then leave teaching .

[noblegiraffe]

Where will he go? Leader of the Conservatives probably.

[SpottieDottie]

I think there should be street parties up and down the country when he goes!

My youngest starts a new school in September, by my reckoning they have done at least 15 tests since the Easter holidays. Any system which demands so much testing needs to be massively overhauled. The latest one was a maths test which included stuff that they have never been taught, no idea what level it was but if the top set maths set haven't been taught it then what is the point?

Similarly, they did the level 5 literacy paper and some did the level 6 paper. The whole class, including those who were told they had got level 5 or 6 had to do the level 4 paper. Home education suddenly seems like a good idea.....

[SpottieDottie]

I think he should be invited to a traditional British school fayre style celebration as they always have somebody in the stocks to be the recipient of wet sponges.