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Education is still our number
Education is still our number one priority. In our first term,
we transformed recruitment, training and methods of teaching,
with record results in primary schools. In our second
term we have driven fundamental reform in secondary provision
– more teachers and support staff, more money, specialist
schools and the Academies programmes. Our plan now is
to tailor our education system to individual pupil needs, with
parents supporting teachers and support staff in further raising
standards.That means music, art, sport and languages as
well as English and maths in primary school; a good secondary
school for every child, with modern buildings and excellent
specialist teaching; catch-up support for all children who
need it; the guarantee of a sixth-form place, apprenticeship
or further education at 16; sufficient quality and quantity in
higher education. At each stage we send a clear message –
every child has a right to a good education, but no child has
the right to disrupt the education of other children.