Education

Restored charter schools, now with the option of state school conversion to provide families with the choice of an education that works for them.

Streamlined early childhood education regulations.

Delivered an action plan to improve school attendance and started publishing attendance data weekly. Every term since Term 1 2024 has recorded higher attendance than the same term of the previous year.

Taken a firmer stance on prosecutions for parents of students who refuse to send their children to school and won’t engage with support offered to them.

Improved the school lunch programme to feed more kids for less money.

Switched fees-free university from first year to third.

Progressing legislation to uphold freedom of speech in universities.

Reviewing funding of Early Childhood Education to ensure it is simple, fair, and gets value for money with a commitment that there will be no reduction in overall funding.