So What is a ‘Good ‘ school?

I was re-connecting with my passion about reforming the education system whilst on my Easter break and wondering about Mr Blair's plans to reform schools.  He talks about ‘good' schools a lot and  says "controversial school reforms are needed in England because the system is "not working well enough" for many children".  I found myself wondering what he meant by that and continued to read the report.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4687964.stm.ry

I was not surprised to read that nowhere in the report does it mention researching and connecting with the people who use the schools..... the pupils.  It seems to me that when trying to reform our eighteenth century school system we focus on what the government feel is right, what school governers think is right and what the teachers and head teachers views are but we rarely see reports or headlines stating "pupils suggested that.... Or year 10 was consulted and we found that....

It seems to me that it is time, not to have yet another ‘reform' as all the previous ones don't seem to have worked but to have a complete overhaul.  Let's clear the clutter, jazz up the environment and give our children something to want to go to school for. Having been in a few schools recently, apart form the brand new modern ones, they can often still look like places that resemble state prisons with dark, gloomy corridors, poor lighting, totally aesthetically displeasing, no art or great posters on the walls, wonky slatted blinds, wound ounce too often and I have wondered ....who would want to start and end their day here? Not me!  What about inspirational posters and quotes smothering the walls or wonderful vibrant colours on the floors.