Andy Burnham’s Education Secretary has signalled plans for changes to the school curriculum, while criticising Conservatives for prioritising academic learning over technical education.
Writing in The Times, Lucy Powell said schools were stuck in a “straitjacket” of being forced to prioritise academic subjects such as English, science and history, leading to a million young people not in formal study, training or work.
She said she planned to take a “fresh look at what we are teaching our children and whether we are equipping them for their lives ahead”.
Last week, Burnham promised to put technical qualifications on a par with academic ones to “value the hard hat every bit as much as the graduation cap”.
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