Teacher supply crisis cuts through to wider public, poll suggests Labour’s 6,500 teachers pledge is top schools policy among voters, with 4 in 10 saying schools have got worse since 2010
Tory funding pledge could be ‘biggest cut in 50 years’, says IfS Think tank says Sunak’s per-pupil funding ‘protection’ actually works out as a 6% reduction and would lead to job losses and school closures
Conservatives manifesto 2024: All the schools policies 13 new policies include protecting school spending in real-terms and mandating phone bans guidance and PE hours
Lib Dems manifesto 2024: All the schools policies 26 pledges include above-inflation school funding boosts, putting arts subjects in the EBacc and upping capital funding by £1.9bn
Labour will convert ‘spare’ primary classrooms into 3,334 nurseries Policy would cost around £140 million and create 100,000 childcare places, party says
Two in three special schools face real-terms cuts, unions warn Special schools’ spending power is £419 million lower than it was in 2010
Alternative provision placements soar to pre-pandemic levels New government statistics also show a rise in pupils places in AP because of mental health needs or behaviour support
Next government faces ‘painful’ school funding choices – IfS Making savings from falling rolls will be ‘easier said than done’, warns think tank
School funding top of teachers’ election priority list ‘Every day we hear from school leaders about how they are struggling to manage’