Truss and Sunak’ ideas on education are ‘sugar-rush’ policymaking, says expert

Tory leadership candidates want to bring back grammar schools among other campaign promises but critics are wary

This is sugar-rush policymaking. It grabs a headline but has no real substance." Such was the verdict of one leading figure in the world of education to the policy promises on schools and universities from the two candidates in the Conservative leadership race.

Education may not have been a key battleground in the campaign so far, but a number of eye-catching themes have already emerged. First, grammar schools. Both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak would like to see more of them. Is it feasible? Will it happen, and what would the impact be?