Concern has been expressed within the education sector after the Queen’s Speech, delivered at the re-opening of Parliament last month, made no reference to the recruitment or funding crises facing schools.
The government has also been criticised for not including in the address “robust action to tackle child poverty and disadvantage”.
On education, the speech included just one sentence, highlighting the already publicised policy of tackling so-called “coasting” schools: “Legislation will be brought forward to improve schools and give every child the best start in life, with new powers to take over failing and coasting schools and create more academies.”
The Association of School and College Leaders said the speech was “silent” on funding and recruitment – what it called the “critical issues facing schools”.
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