YP Comment: Number one lesson

Grammars not answer to North-South school divide - Ofsted chief

This is because ideological arguments are already diverting attention away from the more fundamental issues, namely the wide differential between school standards in London and this region, which has been propping up national league tables for far too long.

Perhaps Ministers will now listen more after Ofsted’s chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw told a Northern Powerhouse conference in Huddersfield that tackling regional variations is far more important than a divisive debate about grammar schools.

As The Yorkshire Post has stated, Mrs May’s One Nation mantra will be measured by the success or failure of her education reforms in this region – the issue of skills has never been more important – and this newspaper will continue to remind the PM of the importance of this.