Education is the most powerful means by which individuals can be given the freedom to shape their future – and our schools reform plan is driven by the need to increase opportunity for all.
We will undertake a long-term programme to close the educational gap between the fortunate and the forgotten, with policies including:
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Building hundreds of good new schools within the state system
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Shifting the balance of power away from the government and towards parents
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Removing the obstacles which prevent new schools being established
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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:
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Improve discipline and behaviour in schools by shifting the balance of power in the classroom back to the teacher
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Ensure more teaching by ability to stretch the strongest and nurture the weakest
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Look at reforming the testing regime in primary schools to reduce bureaucracy and focus on every pupil’s real needs
By doing all this, a Conservative Government will stop the decline in standards and create the excellent schools our children deserve.
Find out more about our plans to improve education by downloading our schools policy paper