Agreed on all counts. If you and other similarly-impassioned folks might like to send a kind word to The Right Honorable Nicholas Soames, MP (Grandson of Winston Churchill) I have no doubt that he would be overjoyed to hear that there is so much support for his grandfather and his grandfather's legacy.
I've already collected some contact information, which you can see at posts #33 and #75.
Perhaps he may be able to advise you on how to go about making your voice heard in the most effective way in this matter?
Getting an avalanche of negative mail on education policy from within the UK is one thing, but adding to that an additional cascade from the USA is something entirely different. Perhaps it could cause a change of heart on the part of the "small-minded education chiefs" ("Sun Says" quote).