The means to reduce knife crime are already there – they just need proper funding, says Gill Burbridge, principal of a London sixth form
Conservative MP Robert Halfon’s suggestion that stop and search procedures are used in schools raises questions not only about the statutory responsibilities of schools and colleges but also about the role of education in a much broader context. The chair of the education select committee’s remarks follows hot on the heels of a recent Ofsted report researching knife crime in education.
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