The Government is now trying to make T levels the main vocational alternative to A levels. It is not clear that they can take on such a big role.
Working will Gillian Keegan, we’re coordinating with the FA and schools to deliver – supported by over £600 million invested in PE and the School Sports Premium.
Both the wish to improve education and to offer more help to families require more public spending, not less. Such proposals only make sense if government is willing to be tougher in other areas.
The current Ofsted handbook has 459 paragraphs and is supplemented by 179 pages of government guidance on safeguarding – while the time for inspectors to check them has been reduced by over 90 per cent.
The educational benefits are well established. But progress will be derisory until the social worker veto is removed.
The second of three articles this week as our project continues over the summer and autumn.
This is a complicated issue, not least legally, and ministers have to do their best to make sure any new rules are fit for purpose before rolling them out.
Better skills not only improve the earning power of families, they also drive aspiration, social mobility, and ambition, while rewarding those who work hard – all fundamental Conservative values.
The twenty-third article in a new series on ConHome about how government might be made smaller, taxpayers better off and and society stronger – through strong families, better schools and good jobs.
The twentieth article in a new series on ConHome about how government might be made smaller, taxpayers better off and and society stronger – through strong families, better schools and good jobs.
The Minister of State for Schools outlines what the Conservatives have achieved since 2010 – and why Labour remain ideologically opposed to the reforms introduced.
The UK needs a more highly-skilled workforce which is sufficiently agile to meet the changing face of working life. Delivering one will require the whole Whitehall machine.
Rights are about ensuring equal treatment, not coercing others into giving you or your children special treatment.
The mantra of “inclusion” means being “taught” in mixed ability groups, that do not allow the teacher to give the detailed explanation and practice the pupil needs in order to make progress.
Concern about net immigration figures tends to eclipse the significant number of people on course to gain citizenship, and thus the right to vote in general elections.