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Response to the Chancellor’s Spring Statement
The Fair Education Alliance responds to the Chancellor’s Spring Statement.
Response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report
The Fair Education Alliance was pleased to see the interim report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review, which signalled positive changes that will close the gap between children and young people from low-income households and others. Read our full response here.
Sign our open letter to the Chancellor
The Fair Education Alliance is coordinating an open letter to the Chancellor to collectively advocate for children and young people from low-income households during the current Government Spending Review process.
Shadow Curriculum and Assessment Review: Voice of the Future
Work experience students Nashita and Jamal share their findings from the Shadow Curriculum and Assessment Review.
Our Spending Review Submission
The Fair Education Alliance recently submitted a bid to the Treasury in anticipation of the upcoming Spending Review. Children and young people - especially those from low-income households, who have the odds stacked against them in terms of academic outcomes, skills, and employment - must be supported to reach their potential.
A Unique Identifier for Children
We were so pleased to see one of our recommendations from our Fair Education Priorities - a unique identifier for children - appear in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Response to Government AI Action Plan
The Fair Education Alliance’s response to the Government AI Action Plan and what we need to consider when incorporating AI developments within education.
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Second Reading Briefing
The Our Wellbeing, Our Voice Coalition welcomes the bill - but it doesn’t go far enough. Download the full Second Reading Briefing here.
Fair Education Alliance Submission to the Public Accounts Committee
Improving Educational Outcomes for Disadvantaged Children.
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Our response
Our response, together with #BeeWell, The Children’s Society and Pro Bono Economics.
Early Years Pupil Premium Increased
We're delighted that the Government has announced an increase to the Early Years Pupil Premium – a longstanding ask of our Alliance. Read on for our full response.
The Government’s Plan For Change: Our Response
What does the Prime Ministers’s speech mean for early years education? Will the latest commitments help tackle educational inequity?
Curriculum and Assessment Review: Working together on our joint submission
Reflecting on the process of developing our joint submission to the Curriculum and Assessment Review.
Autumn Budget response
We were pleased to see the Chancellor make a substantial investment in education in the Autumn Budget. We’d love to see this and subsequent budgets funding changes in teacher recruitment and retention, SEND, early education and childcare, and skills and post-16 education.
Conservative Party Conference 2024: Spotlight on education
This year we’re attending the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative Party conferences. In this blog Jane Fernandes, Collective Action and Advocacy Manager, reflects on her experience of the 2024 Conservative Party Conference.
Labour Party Conference 2024: A welcome shift to tackling root causes
This year we’re attending the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative Party conferences. In this blog Janeen Hayat, Director of Collective Action, reflects on her experience of the 2024 Labour Party Conference.
