For anyone that’s interested in the educational side of the budget (and it’s not that exciting I’m afraid) here are the key points relevant to primary teachers:
- Education spending in England to rise from £60bn this year to £64bn, £67bn,
£70bn and £74bn in successive years. Among other things this would fund one-to-one tuition for 600,000 pupils, with
extended services in all schools. - Education to be a right for
every young person to the age of 18 - The UK’s public science spending in 2010 will rise to £6.3bn
- Increased number
of free nursery school hours from 12.5 to 15 hours a week - A target of six children’s centres in every constituency creating an overall
number of 3,500
