We fact check and explain issues about schools, teacher shortages, childcare, universities, and qualifications.
Economy, Business & Finance
Public spending amounts to around 40% of the size of the economy. It’s been smaller before. It’s also been bigger before. Read
Angela Rayner claimed tuition fees were £1,000 under Labour and that Labour didn’t triple them. Labour tripled tuition fees from £1,000 to £3,000 in 2006. Read
A commitment to raise teacher salaries to £30,000 by 2022/23 would likely put new teachers in the top quarter of graduate earners in England. Read
Conservative party leader Boris Johnson took part in an audience phone-in on LBC Radio. We fact checked his responses. Read
Education
Per pupil spending in England is set to increase over the next three years to roughly the level it was at in 2009/10. Read
Education
By 2022/23 the government aims to spend £4.3 billion more on education, once you account for inflation, than in 2019/20. Read
Education
This claim is based on a survey of public perceptions of different educational systems. It is not good data to objectively rank education systems. Read
Education
The claim there are 1.9 million more children in good and outstanding schools since 2010 is technically accurate, but it doesn’t factor in increasing pupil numbers or changing inspection practices. Read
Education
A quarter of year 6 students (10 to 11 year-olds) in England do not achieve the expected reading level in their SATs. This doesn’t mean they can’t read. Read
Education
This doesn’t factor in the fact that pupil numbers have risen and inspection practices have changed. Read
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