Tuition fees, more money for schools, even the pay of university vice-chancellors: beyond Brexit and our crazy politics these have dominated the news agenda. Just as “education, education, education” were Tony Blair’s declared top three priorities, so it seems they remain. Fantastic. Who could argue that this is any other than the most fundamental of policy issues?

This week’s commitment to protect real funding per pupil at state schools will be welcomed by the schools and by parents. The way we fund universities, and the level and type of debt with which students graduate, of course matters. But if it is really education, education, education we care about, then my goodness are we missing the point.

Take the basic issue of funding. Yes, schools have