Well, here is what we know so far:
- Free breakfast clubs in every primary school
- Strengthening multi-agency child protection and safeguarding arrangements
- Introducing a branded uniform cap
- Creating a register of children not in school
- Requiring all schools to teach the reviewed national curriculum
- Bringing multi-academy trusts into the inspection system
- Making changes to legislation around inspecting independent schools
- Ensuring all new teachers have or are working towards qualified teacher status (QTS) and giving support staff a voice in setting pay and conditions
- Enabling serious teacher misconduct can be investigated.
- Requiring all schools to cooperate with the local authority on admissions, inclusion and place planning
Furthermore, the Employment Rights Bill will reinstate the School Support Staff Negotiating Body to establish national terms and conditions, career progression routes, and fair pay rates. The bill also includes updates to trade union legislation to remove unnecessary restrictions, including the previous government's approach to minimum service levels.
The speech also announced the Better Buses Bill to give local leaders new powers to reform bus networks. According to the 2022 National Travel Survey, 25% of bus journeys outside of London were to get to school.
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