Well, the article essentially says that the Government is willing to put up 6000pounds for any student willing to be taught in "free" (as in freedom) schools. Which are essentially independently run (of the education department/s) but still government funded.
The idea being that schools will compete with eachother to get more kids so that they can get more money (and potentially profit?), and the way to do that is through grades.
parents who believe in alternate/religious education can do that sort of thing too (and keep away from the mainstream, hopefulyl
).
Parents dont actually organise the school, they pick the one(s) that they think are best based on thier criteria, rather than what the school reckons. It should eliminate insufficient places and improve efficiency. It might even improve standards.
We'll see, but it seems to be positive.