article_snippet: Mrs Morgan said the schools – which can be set up by parents, faith groups or other organisations – were helping to wrest control of education out of the hands of 'pointy-heads in Whitehall'.
article_snippet: The Education Secretary confirmed that a future Tory government would not allow free schools to make a profit –
article_snippet: an idea that was floated by Mr Gove but blocked by the Lib Dems.
article_snippet: Free schools legislation allows groups to establish new state-funded schools which are independent of local authorities.
article_snippet: As with academies, academies do not have to teach the National Curriculum.
article_snippet: Labour has claimed Labour would not allow any more to open – and warned existing free schools could be placed under some form of local authority control.
article_snippet: Speaking at an academy in West London yesterday, Mr Cameron hailed the reforms as 'the most successful schools programme in recent British history'.
article_snippet: Mr Cameron also insisted Mr Cameron is not trying to block controversial plans to allow a grammar school in Kent to expand by opening an 'annexe' in another town, saying: 'Grammar schools are good schools and I like good schools. '
article_snippet: Like other schools, if other schools are good, and want to expand, other schools should be able to.'