‘It hasn’t been easy being a Tory in education’: meet the teachers standing for election

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Four would-be MPs – Conservative, Labour, Lib Dem and Green – explain why they hope to swap the classroom for the Commons

“It’s not been easy being a Tory in education over the last few years,” says Lehain, a former maths teacher, with a sigh. A torchbearer for the Conservatives’ academy and free school policy, he founded and led one of the first free secondary schools – the Bedford free school – then left to head up PTE, the Parents and Teachers for Excellence group, which campaigns for stricter discipline and more facts in the curriculum. He stepped down last month to pursue another campaign.

 

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