Lord Lexden has joined the Independent/ State School Partnership Forum. This important Forum, at which Alistair Lexden spoke in January (see above), promotes collaboration and partnership schemes in a wide variety of forms between the two sectors of education.
On June 2 he accepted an invitation to join the Forum, whose objectives—raising standards in education and narrowing the gap between the sectors—he supports strongly.
It is organised by the Department for Education and includes school heads, along with representatives of a range of organisations committed to securing progress in this area.