In the run-up to the General Election this week, the non-partisan fact-checking charity Full Fact and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) have focused their efforts on education policy.
Among its findings, the analysis says that despite a fierce political debate over the effectiveness of the flagship free schools programme, there is not yet enough information to judge whether they are working.
There are more than 250 free schools open and the Conservative manifesto pledges more to come, stating that they are “delivering better education for the children who need it most”. Labour, however, maintains that the programme is “wasteful and poorly performing”.
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