A FAIR START FOR EVERY CHILD

Liberal Democrats believe that a quality education is the biggest opportunity to improve people’s lives. The coalition government published its white paper on schools – “The Importance of Teaching”. It sets out a reform programme to raise standards for all children while narrowing the gap between rich and poor.It shows how the Government is delivering the fair start for every child that we promised in the Liberal Democrat manifesto.

The White Paper announced four key reforms –

·         Delivering a Pupil Premium, on top of the budgets that schools already have, to go to every deprived child wherever they live, to allow schools to put extra resources into narrowing the gap in attainment between the richest and the poorest.

 ·         Giving all schools more freedom to make the right choices for their pupils – slimming down the national curriculum, removing bureaucracy and red tape and reducing testing and league tables.

 ·         Recognising that it is the quality of teaching that really makes a difference in the classroom – expanding graduate teacher programmes like Teach First, developing networks of “teaching schools” and supporting continuing professional development. 

 ·         Something important to Liberal Democrats, matching school freedoms with a strong strategic role for local authorities in ensuring fairness – in admissions policies, for children with special educational needs, and in championing educational excellence in all schools, including Free Schools and Academies.  

                             It shows how the Government is delivering the fair start for every child that we promised in the Liberal Democrat manifesto.Cllr Cahal Burke: The Government is delivering the fair start for every child that we promised in the Liberal Democrat manifesto.

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