Schools Week convened a panel of experts from each field to respond to the parties' pledges.
Schools Week convened a panel of experts from each field to respond to the parties' pledges.
Certainty about funding, ending child poverty, tackling the disadvantage gap and ending selection are among the priorities raised by school leaders and policy experts since the election manifesto was released.
school week We have convened a panel of experts from across the industry to respond to the election manifestos of the Conservatives, Labor and Liberal Democrats.
Viewers heard from Becks Boomer-Clark, CEO of Academies Enterprise Trust, Seamus Murphy, who heads Turner Schools, and Carl Cullinane of social mobility charity The Sutton Trust.
They also heard from Natalie Perera, director of the Education Policy Institute Michael Lemin and former government advisor and NCFE policy director, and Public First partner Jonathan Simons.
See below for a transcript of the discussion from this week's free webinar sponsored by NCFE.
Leaders opted out of Labour's plans to recruit more teachers, open new school-based nurseries and reform Ofsted, as well as proposals to force all schools to work with councils on admissions and placement plans.
They also discussed the Conservatives' plans to introduce Advanced British Standards, extend teacher retention funding and increase focus on school sport.
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