The Conservatives' record on compulsory education: spending, policies and outcomes in England, May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020
Lupton, R. & Obolenskaya, P.
(2020).
The Conservatives' record on compulsory education: spending, policies and outcomes in England, May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020.
(Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Papers SPDORP06).
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
(2020).
The Conservatives' record on compulsory education: spending, policies and outcomes in England, May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020.
(Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Papers SPDORP06).
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
This paper reviews education policy in England for the period since the Conservative Government took office in 2015 to the eve of COVID-19 pandemic. We consider the effects of policies on the school system, teachers, curriculum and assessment as well as public spending. We also examine trends in outcomes (attainment, participation and exclusions), placing particular emphasis on socio-economic and spatial inequalities.