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| Queen's Speech: Grammar school expansion abandoned | |
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| The creation of a new wave of grammar schools in England has been ditched from the government's plans. | |
| The Queen's Speech says the government will "look at all options" for opening new schools, but that will not include removing the current ban on expanding selection. | The Queen's Speech says the government will "look at all options" for opening new schools, but that will not include removing the current ban on expanding selection. |
| The controversial plan to stop free lunches for all infants is also absent. | The controversial plan to stop free lunches for all infants is also absent. |
| This takes away the biggest source of extra funding promised for schools in the Conservative manifesto. | This takes away the biggest source of extra funding promised for schools in the Conservative manifesto. |
| The government, setting out its plans for the next two years, has not announced any legislation for education. | The government, setting out its plans for the next two years, has not announced any legislation for education. |
| This means dropping their most high profile proposed education reform - the expansion of selective education in England. | This means dropping their most high profile proposed education reform - the expansion of selective education in England. |
| Budget shortages | Budget shortages |
| The re-written plans now call for "every child to go to a good or outstanding school" - but with the recognition that any changes will depend upon being able to "command a majority". | The re-written plans now call for "every child to go to a good or outstanding school" - but with the recognition that any changes will depend upon being able to "command a majority". |
| A Department for Education source said that the Queen's Speech was an unambiguous decision not to go ahead with creating more grammar schools. | A Department for Education source said that the Queen's Speech was an unambiguous decision not to go ahead with creating more grammar schools. |
| Schools have been campaigning about budget shortages - with a letter being sent this week to two million families warning about funding cuts. | Schools have been campaigning about budget shortages - with a letter being sent this week to two million families warning about funding cuts. |
| But the government's biggest proposal to deliver extra funding, announced in the Conservative manifesto, also seems to have been ditched. | |
| The scrapping of free meals for all infants was meant to save about £650m, which would have been the majority of an extra £1bn per year to boost school budgets. | The scrapping of free meals for all infants was meant to save about £650m, which would have been the majority of an extra £1bn per year to boost school budgets. |
| This leaves a significant shortfall in the manifesto promise for extra school funding. | This leaves a significant shortfall in the manifesto promise for extra school funding. |
| A joint response from four teachers' unions said schools were "sending out begging letters to parents" and the "lack of urgent action is deeply disappointing". | A joint response from four teachers' unions said schools were "sending out begging letters to parents" and the "lack of urgent action is deeply disappointing". |
| Jules White, the West Sussex head teacher who has co-ordinated a funding campaign in 17 local authorities, said: "The government said that it had heard the message from the electorate. | Jules White, the West Sussex head teacher who has co-ordinated a funding campaign in 17 local authorities, said: "The government said that it had heard the message from the electorate. |
| "It's high time they acted to put things right and fund schools in a way that every child deserves." | "It's high time they acted to put things right and fund schools in a way that every child deserves." |
| The government says it will bring forward its proposals on school funding at a later date. | The government says it will bring forward its proposals on school funding at a later date. |
| High-skills, high-wage jobs | |
| Jo Yurky, who ran a parents' campaign over school cuts, said the lack of movement on funding had shown a "baffling disregard for the concerns of parents, teachers and school leaders". | Jo Yurky, who ran a parents' campaign over school cuts, said the lack of movement on funding had shown a "baffling disregard for the concerns of parents, teachers and school leaders". |
| But the government says it is pressing ahead with changes to how budgets are allocated to individual schools, through a new National Funding Formula. | But the government says it is pressing ahead with changes to how budgets are allocated to individual schools, through a new National Funding Formula. |
| What's in the Queen's Speech? | |
| The new formula is meant to resolve unfairness and anomalies in how funding is allocated. | The new formula is meant to resolve unfairness and anomalies in how funding is allocated. |
| There is also a commitment to improving vocational education and improving the level of skills in the workforce - training people for "high-skilled, high-wage jobs of the future". | There is also a commitment to improving vocational education and improving the level of skills in the workforce - training people for "high-skilled, high-wage jobs of the future". |
| The ambition is for vocational exams to be given as much status as their academic counterparts - and there are plans for so-called "T-levels" for technical qualifications. | The ambition is for vocational exams to be given as much status as their academic counterparts - and there are plans for so-called "T-levels" for technical qualifications. |
| Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman, Layla Moran, said: "It is incredulous that the government have claimed they will deliver fair funding for every school in today's Queen's Speech. | Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman, Layla Moran, said: "It is incredulous that the government have claimed they will deliver fair funding for every school in today's Queen's Speech. |
| "The reality is that pupils and teachers will still bear the brunt of billions of pounds of cuts under Conservative plans." | "The reality is that pupils and teachers will still bear the brunt of billions of pounds of cuts under Conservative plans." |