It makes me laugh when you get travel reports to advise on the school run traffic. One third of journey’s in rush hour are said to be due to parents taking and picking up children from school. You only have to wait for the holidays to see how clear the roads are!

Apart from the dangers created by all the cars congregating around schools, there is the sheer stupidity of children travelling miles (going past many local schools) to schools in other counties considered to be “better”.

I believe that School League Tables should be scrapped. They have done so much harm, teaching has been largely replaced by the need to get pupils to pass the Sats - it is now all about position in the league tables, children’s well-being seems secondary concern.