Ofsted have ruled that three of the first seven free schools championed by Michael Gove are “not good” schools. Each school now faces another full-scale inspection within the next two years. Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: “It is dreadful therefore that schools which the Prime Minister and the Education Secretary constantly trumpet as being better than local authority-maintained schools are failing through ill-thought-out and hastily implemented policies.” The Independent on Sunday, 17/03/13