Commenting on the Education Secretary’s announcement which includes 14,000 extra school places as well as new free schools and standalone sixth forms, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said:
“The Government’s approach to levelling up and improving educational outcomes for all pupils is woefully lacking and unambitious.
“Rather than look at seriously addressing the underlying causes of differing educational outcomes, the government has fallen back into its comfort zone of announcing more free schools.
