Labour’s school policies revealed in leaked manifesto

A leaked copy of the Labour Party’s draft manifesto has revealed its plans for the education sector.

According to Schools Week, who saw an early copy of the manifesto, some of Labour’s policies include reducing class sizes to under 30 for those aged between five and seven, abandoning baseline tests and reviewing SATs, and reintroducing national pay bargaining.

Other policies include introducing free school meals for all primary school children; ending the public sector pay cap, which affects teachers; giving teachers “more direct involvement” in the curriculum; and extending school-based counselling to all schools.

There is also a commitment in another section of the manifesto to review the English Baccalaureate subjects and consider the inclusion of arts subjects.

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