1. Vocabulary: Look up in a dictionary: mandatory (l.75), adjudicator (l.79)
Try to find out what is meant by “special measures” (l.5) and children “with special needs” (l.47)

2. Questions on the text
a. What is Elizabeth Barnes’s problem?
b. Why is she very much annoyed and what does her mother mean by saying “someone’s messing with your child’s life” (l.30f)
c. Describe the new type of school Tony Blair wants to introduce.
d. Give the reasons why Anne West demands further reforms.
e. What does the author tell about Lewisham and Lambeth?
f. What do you think is the author’s opinion on “covert selection in London”?