Most state schools take pupils of all abilities - the important thing is that they offer increasingly better standards, too. Computer clubs are expanding and we need to look at how we get more computers into homes. There are projects starting to do this. I suppose we've all had strong views about uniforms and school dinners, too. Many secondaries are going for a cafeteria approach, but they are trying to offer a good choice of dinners.
Many youngsters get their main meal of the day at school, so it is important they are nutritious.
You'll forgive a dad for drawing the line at the ideas for the new school uniform. What I am sure will strike everyone who reads the children's manifesto is the creativity, the energy and the imagination of Britain's children. The children writing in the manifesto have strong views about every aspect of their school life. They have ideas for everything from new buildings to the state of the food. Yet what's most important in any school is the teachers.