We fact check and explain issues about schools, teacher shortages, childcare, universities, and qualifications.
Education
Official statistics suggest that teacher vacancies remain low, but these may not fully reflect difficulties in teacher recruitment. Read
Education
A look at the evidence on how academies perform compared to local authority schools. Read
Education
David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn clashed in Parliament on what’s been happening to funding for further education colleges and sixth forms. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that adult skills funding was cut by 35% in the last Parliament. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We've checked the panel's claims on disability benefits, government borrowing, childhood obesity, and academies. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on employment figures, pollution, renewable energy, gun crime, and academies. Read
Europe
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on poverty, apprenticeships, house building, and jobs going to non-UK EU nationals. Read
Education
At the heart of the debate about whether there's a teacher shortage are competing claims about what's been happening to numbers of trainee teachers. Read
Education
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on teacher shortages, school places, childcare and joint enterprise. Read
Education
The Association of School and College Leaders has warned today that teacher shortages are having a detrimental impact on pupils' education. Read
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
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