D. Cameron wants to end 'education bureaucracy'

He promised that if elected Prime Minister on May 6 ''the rules on school discipline will change from May 7.''

MPs' expenses: How David Cameron can now shame LabourAnd he praised a group of parents in West Yorkshire who wanted to open their own 900-place secondary school but have been refused permission to do so by the Government.

Mr Cameron hailed the creation of Birkenshaw, Birstall and Gomersal Parents' Alliance (BBGPA), which was set up amid fears a shake-up will leave them without a school in the area, forcing pupils to travel 45 minutes to the nearest one.

They were an example of his flagship policy of allowing parents, charities, churches and social entrepreneurs to set up independent schools within the state system, part of the ''Big Society''.

At a rally held by the BBGPA in Gomersal, Mr Cameron said if elected he would help to make their ''dreams come true'', telling them: ''You have got the belief, I have got the faith in you and together we can make this happen.''

He said: ''You are an inspiration for what you are doing. You are an inspiration in terms of an active community that is not going to put up with the bureaucrats saying 'no' and want it to be the case that it is the parents that say 'yes'.

''The whole aim of my Government, if we win this election, will be to help people like you to realise you dream - a great school at the heart of your community with great standards, great discipline and great aspiration for all the children who want to go there.''

Mr Cameron said there was "nothing more worrying" for a parent than making sure their child has a good school to go to.

He said: "We all want the same thing, we want a good school in the state sector.

"We need a government with the right values, a government that stops wasting money on the bureaucracy and the quangos and the form filling and the instructions and puts that money straight into good schools like yours - that's what we need.

"We need a government that understands that for too long in our country we haven't actually trusted the teachers and the head teachers to have good discipline, standards and order in our schools.

"I can tell you if you get a Conservative government on May 6 the rules on school discipline will change from May 7.

"I want to put the teachers back in charge in our classrooms, I want the headteachers to feel they are captain of their own ship.

"I want parents to back the teachers in providing a great school."

Mr Cameron said the idea that the bureaucrats knew what was best was "rubbish".

He added: "We should be trusting local parents and we should be breaking open the state monopoly and saying if you want to set up a great new school, if you want to provide great state education 'come on in'.

"What are we frightened of? It's that diversity, that choice, that local excellence that you often get in the private sector, I want it right here in the state sector in your school and in schools like this up and down our country."

He told the parents: "You are demonstrating what I profoundly believe - we are all in this together, we can all play a role to help build the bigger society that we dream about and we can do it setting up great schools like you are going to do right here.

"I promise you if we get elected I will help your dreams come true. A new school, a good school, a school that is there for your community because you are prepared to put your efforts into it and your government should get behind you and help you rather than stand in your way."  The Telegraph