More good schools and help with the early years

Wirral Grammar

Help with the early years

We will extend free childcare to 30 hours a week and introduce more Family Support Hubs. 

We will provide £500 million to increase hourly funding rates for childcare providers.

We will improve the experiences of children in social care and create more places in quality children's homes. 

More good schools

Today, 90% of schools are rated as Good or Outstanding, up from 68% under Labour.

We will lift the cap on faith schools, allowing them to offer more places to children based on faith and encouraging them to expand.

We will protect children by requiring schools to ban the use of mobile phones during the school day and ensuring parents can see what their children are being taught, especially on sensitive matters like sex education.

We are rebuilding over 500 schools through the School Rebuilding Programme, including schools here in Wirral.

While Labour's Shadow Chancellor has said she wants to see fewer children attend Grammar Schools, we will further protect parents’ choice on where to send their child to school, including preserving the rights of independent and grammar schools. 

Better support for children with special needs

We will transform education for children with special educational needs, ending the postcode lottery of support.

We will do this by delivering 60,000 more school places and a further 15 new free schools for children with special educational needs.

In March 2024, Wirral Council was given an extra £4.1m to increase the number of places for children with special needs.

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