Just had lunch with my mum today. We don’t see each other as much as either would like, because of my campaigning for the election. She doesn’t complain – mothers never do!
She had a go at me about education standards, and being a teacher all her life (now retired) I listen to her experiences with great interest.
I was able to tell her that if elected a Conservative government will place a priority on education – as education is the most powerful means by which individuals can be given the freedom to shape their future. Our plan for schools reform is driven by the need to increase opportunity for everyone. We will undertake a long-term programme to close the educational gap between the fortunate and the forgotten, with policies including:
• Building hundreds of good new schools within the state system
• Shifting the balance of power away from the government and towards parents
• Removing the obstacles which prevent new schools being established
• Encouraging smaller and more varied schools to respond to parents’ demands
In addition, we will take a number of immediate steps to improve standards in all our schools:
• Improve discipline and behaviour in schools by shifting the balance of power in the classroom back to the teacher
• Ensure more teaching by ability to stretch the strongest and nurture the weakest
• Look at reforming the testing regime in primary schools to reduce bureaucracy and focus on every pupil’s real needs.
The next Conservative Government is determined to stop the decline in standards, and to create the excellent schools that all our children deserve.
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