Free schools must be open to all, says Nick Clegg | Education | guardian.co.uk: The government's new free schools must be open to all children and not just a "privileged few", the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, has said.
In a speech delivered as the first wave of the new-style schools prepared to open for the academic year, Clegg said they would be acceptable only if they reduce social segregation rather than entrenching inequalities of opportunity.
He called on the education secretary, Michael Gove, to ensure that the second wave of the free schools, to be announced within the next few weeks, are in poorer neighbourhoods or areas with a shortage of school places.
