A secondary school teacher talking with her sixth form students in class.

A system that empowers: The future of professional development

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Our education system faces a significant and urgent challenge: ensuring equitable access to an excellent education in the context of acute budget pressures.

We need to keep improving education standards, and tackle inequalities in achievement, both for pupils from low-income families and for children with special educational needs and disabilities. This is critical not only for economic growth, but for social progress and the strength of our democracy.

Our current professional development system needs to evolve further and faster, and support the delivery of a world class entitlement which empowers teachers to tackle the system’s biggest challenges.

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