The abolition of the bulk funding of teacher salaries is by far the most important change and one for which no rational explanation is provided. We consider it to be a seriously retrograde step. The changes to enrolment provisions are also retrograde. We oppose both sets of changes. The proposed changes to school governance are generally supported but do not, in our view, go far enough. It is curious that changes to improve governance are being proposed while at the same time a school's ability to deploy its resources and to select pupils is being diminished.