As part of the 'Levelling up' white paper published this week, the government has pledged to ensure that 90% of pupils leave primary school by 2030 with the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics
Other plans include
- targeted support for schools in new education investment areas (EIAs)
- encouraging schools to run new 16 to 19 free schools, with priority given to EIAs
- consultation on moving schools with 'successive' requires improvement ratings into multi-academy trusts (MATs)
- a new national academy, available online, to 'stretch' pupils
- schools publishing mandatory food statements
- providing £5m for a new cooking curriculum
- setting up a pilot project to inspect food standards
- funding a reformed National Citizen Service for the next three years
- a clear vision for schools being in strong MATs - a schools white paper is expected to address the issue of schools structures
