Commenting on Labour’s strategy to improve education
standards through investment, Kevin
Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the
National Education Union, said:
“Labour’s plan for investment in education and in teachers
is very welcome news both for parents and the
profession.
“The increases in class sizes, the lack of qualified
teachers in many classes, the cuts in support for SEND pupils and
the growing teacher recruitment and retention crisis, shows the
current Government is failing in its basic educational
job.
“At the same time our school buildings have been falling
into disrepair - all these problems are a direct result of the
current Government’s decision to cut real-terms funding to our
schools and colleges.
“Children and young people have only one chance to go to
school, it deserves to be the best.
“The plan outlined by Labour will address the years of
underfunding and allow schools to heal and to plan improvements,
increasing SEND support, supporting teachers and other staff,
capping class sizes and improving our school
buildings.
“It will give hope to teacher and headteachers up and down
the country.
“This is exactly the support and vision for education that
teachers, headteachers, support staff and parents have been
crying out for.”
