Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State of Education by Command of Her Majesty
We know the challenges everyone faced over the past few years, there wasn’t a child, parent, teacher, or school that didn’t feel the impact of the pandemic and we all understand how significant education is for our children, communities, and schools, we work in.
Notwithstanding circumstances we had never seen in our lifetime, Teachers and Schools have done a great job delivering education for the communities they serve.
At FusionHR – part of Fusion Education People Solutions, we have vast experience working in the education sector, we are Education service and software providers who work in collaboration with over 1000 schools and MATs to help them attain the results they need. Our team are passionate about helping improve education and provide support to help build outstanding schools and trusts with great leaders and teachers who deliver the best education for children and young people.
We found it both interesting and informative to read the recent release of the ‘Opportunities for all’ policy paper covering the decade pre and post pandemic detail; from Nadhim Zahawi’s Foreword, vision, the “must dos” and “how we will achieves” to “what this white paper means for your child”, “England’s teacher developments system”, “Benefits of the Future Curriculum Body”, “Parent Pledge” to the “Roles and responsibilities in a fully trust led system”.
What will be delivered and what will this mean for our Children, Families, Teachers, Schools, and Trusts?
The paper outlines, plans, why it matters, progress to date, challenges and how the vision will be achieved as summarised below:
- Key facts as of 2020-21 in state-funded education system in England
- The Executive Summary
- The Government’s levelling Up mission for schools
- 500,000 teacher training and development opportunities by 2024
- Specialist training to drive better literacy through a new National Professional Qualification for Leading Literacy
- £30,000 starting salaries to attract and retain the very best teachers
- A new arms-length curriculum body
- A richer, longer average school week
- Better behaviours and higher attendance
- A Parent Pledge
- Up to 6 million tutoring courses by 2024
- A secure future for the Education Endowment Foundation
- A fully trust lead system with a single regulatory approach
- A clear role for every part of the school system
- Education investment areas
- How this white paper helps children
- How this white paper helps a child in need of extra support
- How this white paper helps a child in an Education Investment Area (EIA) need of extra support
- Chapter 1: An excellent teacher for every child. By 2030, every child will be taught by an excellent teacher trained in the best-evidenced approaches
- Chapter 2: Delivering high standards of curriculum, behaviour and attendance. By 2030, every child will be taught a broad and ambitious curriculum in a school with high expectations and strong standards of behaviour
- Chapter 3: Targeted support for every child who needs it. By 2030, every child who falls behind in English or maths will get the right support to get back on track
- Chapter 4: A stronger and fairer school system. By 2030, all children will benefit from being taught in a family of schools, with their school in a strong multi academy trust or with plans to join or form one.
The paper concludes “the white paper marks the start of a journey towards an education system in which all children benefit from the high standards of the best schools and families of schools”. Click the link to read the full March 2022 Policy Paper: Opportunity for all, strong schools with great teachers for your child
