Sentences with phrase «schools after the general election»

Commenting on reports of an announcement by the Prime Minister on the Conservative Party's plans for free schools after the General Election 2015 and on the Secretary of State Nicky Morgan's comments on the Today programme, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «It is clear that if elected the Conservative Party will continue its obsessive ideological focus on structural change.

Despite education policies being a major part of party pledges, the majority of teachers do not expect any improvement to schools after the general election, a Tes survey has revealed.

Not exact matches

It was the Liberals under Lloyd George who introduced free school meals after the 1906 general election, they also introduced the first national insurance act in 1911.

The plan to means test free school lunches was dropped after Mrs May lost her Commons majority at the general election in June.

Theresa May had originally wanted to create a new generation of grammar schools, but was forced to drop the plans after losing her Commons majority in last year's snap general election.

If the matter is placed on the ballot, the new charter school law would be suspended until after the general election, said Mount Vernon School District Superintendent Mack Armsschool law would be suspended until after the general election, said Mount Vernon School District Superintendent Mack ArmsSchool District Superintendent Mack Armstrong.

Greening, who was re-appointed as education secretary earlier this month after narrowly keeping her seat in the general election, faced pressure from MPs on both sides over school funding details as she made her first speech in this parliament.

That conversion process began soon after the general election, and figures out earlier this week showed that since this time last year, more than 1,000 schools have switched to become academies.

Scrapping the ban on opening new selective schools was a key pledge in the Conservative manifesto for this month's general election, but after failing to secure a working majority the party's pledge looks set to be dropped.

The research will be welcomed news by the Labour party after leader Jeremy Corbyn announced in September that he would introduce an «arts pupil premium» to pump # 160 million of extra funding into schools if his party wins the next general election.

Sources within the Malloy administration explained that Malloy's plan is to go back to the General Assembly after the election to get approval for spending the extra funds needed to keep the magnet schools open.

The DfE confirmed consultations can not be published because of purdah rules after Kevin Courtney, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, called for the announcement on school funding to be brought forward to take place before the general election.