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A Labour government would introduce a national register of children...
Announced: 01 Sep 2024 - Current Status: Ongoing
A Labour government would introduce a national register of children who are not in school, use artificial intelligence to spot absence trends, put dedicated mental health counsellors into every secondary school, and provide free breakfast clubs for every primary school pupil in England.
Find out moreThe government has also committed to further legislation
Announced: 01 Aug 2024 - Current Status: Ongoing
The government has also committed to further legislation in the coming months that will mean all schools will be required to share their daily school registers. This, together with reforming pupil registration practice, will modernise how schools record and share data on attendance and support them to understand what is driving absence in their school and provide early support and intervention where pupils are displaying worrying trends of absence.
Find out moreA national communications campaign on the importance of attendance
Announced: 01 Aug 2024 - Current Status: Ongoing
A national communications campaign on the importance of attendance is also launching today targeting parents and carers. Under the strapline ?Moments Matter, Attendance Counts? it outlines the importance of attendance for attainment, wellbeing, and development as well as signposting to advice for further support. Key advice includes a recent letter from the Chief Medical Officer that outlines best practice when it comes to attendance and illness. The intention is to ensure that parents have the guidance they need when it comes to making decisions when deciding to send their child to school or when to keep them home.
Find out moreMore than one million children and young people will be...
Announced: 01 Aug 2024 - Current Status: Ongoing
More than one million children and young people will be supported into regular education as part of a major expansion of the attendance hubs. 32 Attendance hubs with nearly 2000 schools helped to tackle persistent absences. Hubs are run by schools with excellent attendance that share practical ideas with other primary, secondary, alternative provision and special schools in England who need help to boost their attendance. From direct pupil engagement initiatives like breakfast clubs and extracurricular activities, to improving their processes and analysis of attendance data, lead hub schools provide a range of support to schools that they can tailor to their pupils and families.
Find out moreMy Government will establish Skills England
Announced: 31 Jul 2024 - Current Status: Ongoing
My Government will establish Skills England which will have a new partnership with employers at its heart [Skills England Bill], and my Ministers will reform the apprenticeship levy.
Find out moreMeasures will be brought forward to remove the exemption from...
Announced: 31 Jul 2024 - Current Status: Ongoing
Measures will be brought forward to remove the exemption from Value Added Tax for private school fees, which will enable the funding of six and a half thousand new teachers
Find out moreMy Ministers will seek to raise educational standards and break...
Announced: 17 Jul 2024 - Current Status: Ongoing
My Ministers will seek to raise educational standards and break down barriers to opportunity
Find out moreAction will be taken to get people back in employment
Announced: 17 Jul 2024 - Current Status: Ongoing
Action will be taken to get people back in employment following the impact of the pandemic
Find out moreA Bill will be introduced to raise standards in education
Announced: 17 Jul 2024 - Current Status: Ongoing
A Bill will be introduced to raise standards in education and promote children?s wellbeing [Children?s Wellbeing Bill]
Find out moreLabour will reintroduce a School Support Staff Negotiating Body, to...
Announced: 29 Jan 2024 - Current Status: Ongoing
Labour will reintroduce a School Support Staff Negotiating Body, to ensure a proper voice for the staff who power our schools
Find out moreConfident speaking at the heart of teaching in schools
Announced: 09 Dec 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Confident speaking at the heart of teaching in schools
Find out moreCatherine McKinnell MP, Shadow Schools Minister, speech at Schools and...
Announced: 22 Nov 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Catherine McKinnell MP, Shadow Schools Minister, speech at Schools and Academies Show
Find out moreA consultation on scrapping Ofsted?s grading system and replacing it...
Announced: 03 Nov 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
A consultation on scrapping Ofsted?s grading system and replacing it with a ?report card? for schools showing what they do well and how they can improve
Find out moreIncreasing Funding for Schools: boosting schools funding, investing in new...
Announced: 24 Sep 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Increasing Funding for Schools: boosting schools funding, investing in new buildings and repairing facilities, and undoing the Conservatives? damaging cuts to the Pupil Premium.
Find out moreExtending Free School Meals: extending free school meals to every...
Announced: 24 Sep 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Extending Free School Meals: extending free school meals to every child in primary school and to secondary school pupils whose families receive Universal Credit.
Find out moreDedicated Mental Health Support: a dedicated, qualified mental health professional...
Announced: 24 Sep 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Dedicated Mental Health Support: a dedicated, qualified mental health professional in every school.
Find out moreA Modern Curriculum: building a consensus across parties and teachers...
Announced: 24 Sep 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
A Modern Curriculum: building a consensus across parties and teachers to revamp the curriculum and make qualifications at 16 and 18 fit for the 21st century.
Find out moreSupporting Our Teachers: tackling the crisis in teacher recruitment and...
Announced: 24 Sep 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Supporting Our Teachers: tackling the crisis in teacher recruitment and retention with a workforce strategy that ensures every secondary school pupil is taught by an expert in their field.
Find out moreReforming Ofsted Inspections
Announced: 24 Sep 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Reforming Ofsted Inspections: giving parents a clear picture of the true strengths and weaknesses of each school, and giving schools the guidance and support they need to improve.
Find out moreEnriching Extra-Curricular Activities: expanding access to sports, music, drama, debating...
Announced: 24 Sep 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Enriching Extra-Curricular Activities: expanding access to sports, music, drama, debating coding, and other activities, starting with a new free entitlement for disadvantaged children.
Find out moreKeeping Parents Informed: improving communication and engagement with parents, with...
Announced: 24 Sep 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Keeping Parents Informed: improving communication and engagement with parents, with regular surveys and accessible information on what their children are learning.
Find out moreRishi Sunak plans A-level reform with British baccalaureate. English and...
Announced: 22 Sep 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Rishi Sunak plans A-level reform with British baccalaureate. English and maths studied to 18 as PM backs key recommendation of Times Education Commission. The government has announced its ambition to introduce the Advanced British Standard in England, a new Baccalaureate style qualification, which will provide greater breadth of study, improve essential literacy and numeracy skills, and ensure technical and academic education are put on equal footing.
Find out moreFamily Hubs and Start for Life Programme
Announced: 02 Sep 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme
Find out moreEnsuring that children have greater access to music, drama and...
Announced: 05 Aug 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Ensuring that children have greater access to music, drama and sport through breakfast and after-school clubs. Revamping the curriculum to ?provide a modernised syllabus?. National Curriculum Authority to provide a modernised syllabus which is free from party political interference
Find out moreReducing the reliance on exams to grade students. Introduce more...
Announced: 05 Aug 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Reducing the reliance on exams to grade students. Introduce more module assessments so that young people?s progress is no longer measured solely through written exams.
Find out moreTeachers to get more time off for training (one term),...
Announced: 05 Aug 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Teachers to get more time off for training (one term), secondary school teachers to be given sabbaticals every five years. Improve training opportunities for teaching staff and encourage more of them to stay in the profession. Making sure that more teachers are experts in the subjects they lead.
Find out moreThe Labour Party has said it will not include the...
Announced: 27 Jun 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
The Labour Party has said it will not include the provision of free school meals for all children in its general election manifesto. While the policy is being tested in various regions across the country, including London and Wales, Labour has decided against making a commitment to implement it nationwide.
Find out moreBreaking down the barriers to opportunity, part of Labour's 5...
Announced: 07 Jun 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Breaking down the barriers to opportunity, part of Labour's 5 missions for a better Britain
Find out moreRe-create the Department for Children, Schools and Families
Announced: 30 May 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
re-create the Department for Children, Schools and Families and to create a cabinet member for children with a ?roving brief? to stop young people?s policy being ?fragmented across several different departments?.
Find out moreReview on curriculum and exams
Announced: 30 May 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Review on curriculum and exams.
Find out moreDedicated mental health professional in every school
Announced: 30 May 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Dedicated mental health professional in every school.
Find out moreGive LAs the power
Announced: 30 May 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Give LAs the power to act as 'strategic education authorities', including responsibilities for admissions, exclusions, and opening new community schools. Councils should also have ?more locus? by ?participating in governing bodies and having a seat at the table in terms of how academies are governed?.
Find out moreExtend Ofsted's scope to include MAT-level inspections
Announced: 30 May 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Extend Ofsted's scope to include MAT-level inspections.
Find out moreEnd forced academisation for schools with a poor Ofsted grade.
Announced: 30 May 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
End forced academisation for schools with a poor Ofsted grade.
Find out moreRoot and branch reform of Ofsted
Announced: 30 May 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Root and branch reform of Ofsted (not scrapping it). More holistic and supportive.
Find out moreBroader extracurricular activities
Announced: 30 May 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Broader extracurricular activities and giving pupils at least two hours a week of access to PE. Private schools could be compelled to provide sports facilities to neighbouring state schools as part of their partnership work
Find out moreSubsidising NTP by 50% for 2023-24
Announced: 23 May 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Subsidising NTP by 50% for 2023-24. Level was 75% in 21/22. Had initially been planned to be cut to 25% in 23/24.
Find out moreImproving attainment in maths
Announced: 17 Apr 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Improving attainment in maths
Find out moreAll school pupils in England study some form of maths...
Announced: 01 Apr 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
All school pupils in England study some form of maths to the age of 18
Find out moreRequirement that teachers either have qualified teacher status or be...
Announced: 07 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Requirement that teachers either have qualified teacher status or be working towards it, which was scrapped for academies by Michael Gove in 2012.
Find out moreSimplify the complex current network of teacher retention incentive payment...
Announced: 07 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Simplify the complex current network of teacher retention incentive payment funds into one single framework
Find out moreReform the early career framework to ensure that every classroom...
Announced: 07 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Reform the early career framework to ensure that every classroom has a world-class teacher
Find out moreLabour pledged today to create new regional improvement teams to...
Announced: 07 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Labour pledged today to create new regional improvement teams to ?end the scandal of ?stuck? schools as part of Labour?s mission to break down barriers to opportunity?. These teams, which will answer to the DfE?s regions group, will ?work as partners with schools in responding to areas of weakness identified in new school report cards?, which Labour has said will replace graded Ofsted judgments. The party said the teams would ?bring together oversight of improvement programmes and work with teachers so that schools know what support is available and enable schools to work together to improve standards?.
Find out moreReinstate the requirement for all teachers to have or be...
Announced: 03 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Reinstate the requirement for all teachers to have or be working towards qualified teacher status, which was scrapped for academies by Michael Gove in 2012
Find out moreSimplification of the ?complex current network of teacher retention incentive...
Announced: 03 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Simplification of the ?complex current network of teacher retention incentive payment funds into one single framework?
Find out moreUpdate Progress 8 and Attainment 8 to hold schools to...
Announced: 03 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Update Progress 8 and Attainment 8 to hold schools to account for performance in at least one creative or vocational subject
Find out moreA full, expert-led review of curriculum and assessment
Announced: 03 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
A full, expert-led review of curriculum and assessment
Find out moreLabour?s curriculum review will also ?explore how to weave oracy...
Announced: 03 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Labour's curriculum review will also explore how to weave oracy into lessons throughout school
Find out morePilot of the expansion of a children's number
Announced: 03 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Pilot of the ?expansion of a children?s number like the NHS number that stays with children not just for their school career but for their whole childhoods?. This would also allow AI to be used to monitor trends in absences
Find out moreNew regional improvement teams to end the scandal
Announced: 03 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
New regional improvement teams to ?end the scandal of ?stuck? schools?
Find out moreA plan to create the maths equivalent to phonics
Announced: 03 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
A plan to create the ?maths equivalent to phonics? by training primary non-specialists to better teach the subject
Find out moreSupervised toothbrushing for reception pupils during breakfast clubs
Announced: 03 Mar 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Supervised toothbrushing for reception pupils during breakfast clubs
Find out moreBan pupils using phones in school
Announced: 10 Feb 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
Ban pupils using phones in school
Find out moreSEND and AP Improvement Plan
Announced: 03 Feb 2023 - Current Status: Ongoing
SEND and AP Improvement Plan
Find out moreChanges to academy rules to make all schools follow the...
Announced: 07 Nov 2022 - Current Status: Ongoing
Changes to academy rules to make all schools follow the national curriculum
Find out morePowers for councils over admissions
Announced: 28 Sep 2022 - Current Status: Ongoing
Powers for councils over admissions to all schools including academies
Find out moreOfsted to inspect multi-academy trusts
Announced: 28 Sep 2022 - Current Status: Ongoing
Ofsted to inspect multi-academy trusts
Find out moreFree breakfast clubs for all primary pupils
Announced: 27 Sep 2022 - Current Status: Ongoing
Free breakfast clubs for all primary pupils
Find out moreSchools White Paper (Schools Week list of policies)
Announced: 28 Mar 2022 - Current Status: Ongoing
Schools White Paper (Schools Week list of policies)
Find out moreCouncil led trusts
Announced: 28 Mar 2022 - Current Status: Ongoing
Council led trusts (Schools White Paper)
Find out moreAll schools to join a MAT
Announced: 28 Mar 2022 - Current Status: Ongoing
All schools to be in or preparing to join a MAT by 2030 (Schools White Paper)
Find out moreBy 2030, the number of primary school children achieving the...
Announced: 02 Feb 2022 - Current Status: Ongoing
By 2030, the number of primary school children achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths will have significantly increased. In England, this will mean 90% of KS2 children will achieve the expected standard, and the percentage of children meeting the expected standard in the worst performing areas will have increased by over a third.
Find out more"National Excellence Programme" for school improvement focused on pupils who...
Announced: 29 Sep 2021 - Current Status: Ongoing
?National Excellence Programme? for school improvement focused on pupils who leave without level 3 qualifications
Find out moreReform of Ofsted
Announced: 29 Sep 2021 - Current Status: Ongoing
Reform of Ofsted to include a school improvement role, focusing on struggling schools. Review of grades and the frequency and length of inspections
Find out moreAccess to in-school counselling staff for all pupils
Announced: 28 Sep 2021 - Current Status: Ongoing
Access to in-school counselling staff for all pupils
Find out moreMandatory digital skills across the curriculum
Announced: 26 Sep 2021 - Current Status: Ongoing
?Mandatory? digital skills across the curriculum, becoming a ?fourth pillar? alongside reading, writing and maths
Find out moreTwo weeks of compulsory work experience for pupils
Announced: 26 Sep 2021 - Current Status: Ongoing
Two weeks of compulsory work experience for pupils and guaranteed careers advice
Find out moreCitizenship curriculum reform
Announced: 26 Sep 2021 - Current Status: Ongoing
Citizenship curriculum reform to include ?practical life skills?
Find out more10 by 10
Announced: 26 Sep 2021 - Current Status: Ongoing
"10 by 10" pledge of opportunities like learning a musical instrument or visiting the seaside by the age of 10, with funding to provide these during an extended school day
Find out moreSchool Rebuilding Programme. Carries out major rebuilding and refurbishment projects...
Announced: 02 May 2021 - Current Status: Ongoing
School Rebuilding Programme. Carries out major rebuilding and refurbishment projects across England. Currently 400 projects in the programme, announced in 2021 and 2022. 39 are in the NE. The first set of 50 schools, announced in February 2021, the second set of 50 schools, announced in July 2021, the third set of 61 schools, announced in July 2022, the fourth set of 239 schools, announced in December 2022.
Find out more2019 manifesto
Announced: 12 Dec 2019 - Current Status: Ongoing
2019 manifesto
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