Education

The Government will:

•  invest an extra £600 million to fund 100 additional Free Schools by the end of this Parliament. This will include new specialist maths Free Schools for 16-18 year olds, supported by strong university maths departments and academics; and

•  invest an additional £600 million to support those local authorities with the greatest demographic pressures. This funding is enough to deliver an additional 40,000 school places.