Conservatives manifesto 2024: All the schools policies 13 new policies include protecting school spending in real-terms and mandating phone bans guidance and PE hours
Lib Dems manifesto 2024: All the schools policies 26 pledges include above-inflation school funding boosts, putting arts subjects in the EBacc and upping capital funding by 拢1.9bn
Labour will convert ‘spare’ primary classrooms into 3,334 nurseries Policy would cost around 拢140 million and create 100,000 childcare places, party says
Two in three special schools face real-terms cuts, unions warn Special schools’ spending power is 拢419 million lower than it was in 2010
Alternative provision placements soar to pre-pandemic levels New government statistics also show a rise in pupils places in AP because of mental health needs or behaviour support
Next government faces ‘painful’ school funding choices – IfS Making savings from falling rolls will be ‘easier said than done’, warns think tank
School funding top of teachers’ election priority list ‘Every day we hear from school leaders about how they are struggling to manage’
Lib Dems: Primary free school meals an ‘ambition not a funded commitment’ And schools wouldn’t get immediate pupil premium boost under plans to raise FSM earnings threshold
How we鈥檝e centralised curriculum design to improve teaching Reducing workload and improving teaching are priorities for our trust 鈥� but we must achieve these in balance with teachers鈥� classroom autonomy in mind, explains Tim Mills