Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Archived Wisdom of soothsayers - upon Gove’s entry to the Capitol Back Wisdom of soothsayers - upon Gove’s entry to the Capitol 21st May 2010, 1:00am Professor Colin Richards Share Wisdom of soothsayers - upon Gove’s entry to the Capitol /magazine/archive/wisdom-soothsayers-upon-goves-entry-capitol Copy Link I am concerned that the new Con-Lib Government has replaced the DCSF by a resurrected DfE - hopefully not an acronym for Damaging future Education?Professor Colin Richards, Spark Bridge, Cumbria. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Why we fear Ofsted is not really listening Professor Colin Richards • 18th March 2025 Why should inspectors have an MOT? Professor Colin Richards • 4th May 2012 Ofsted’s hidden truths Professor Colin Richards • 20th April 2012 Is Ofsted telling the whole truth? Professor Colin Richards • 13th April 2012 Recent Most read Most shared Education’s BAME inclusion efforts must go deeper Analysis 4 September 2025 ‘Our site is on a knife edge’: the school buildings crisis deepens Analysis 4 September 2025 School nurseries: second wave of bids to open this month News 4 September 2025 Teacher pay scales 2025-26: what will your salary look like? Analysis 22 May 2025 Could ‘school bonding’ be the key to fixing attendance? Teaching & Learning 2 September 2025 Behaviour and attendance ambassadors appointed News 31 August 2025 Students want more support for back-to-school anxiety News 18 August 2025 How did each A-level subject perform this year? News 14 August 2025 SEND and inclusion: a recommended reading list Teaching & Learning 18 August 2025
