Tories, Send parents back to school
Posted on :
08-Apr-2015
A Tory government will examine plans to give parents maths lessons in schools so that they can help their children with homework.
Parents will be given maths lessons in schools so that they can help their children with homework, under Conservative plans.
Senior sources told The Daily Telegraph that a Conservative government after the general election will look at an American-style scheme which offers lessons at parents’ evenings because so many adults struggle with modern maths curriculums.
There are concerns that the rapidly changing maths curriculum has left too many parents unable to help their children with homework.
“This is something we are really interested in,” a source said. “It makes sense to give parents refresher lessons if they need it.
“Maths lessons will have changed a lot from the time when parents were at school.”
Tory strategists now believe that education policy represents a major opportunity for the party ahead of the election.
Sources have disclosed that internal polling has shown that the party is now neck-and-neck with Labour on education issues.
The Tories trailed far behind Labour in polls on education issues when Michael Gove was in charge of the portfolio.
Mr Gove’s tenure was dominated by major changes to the education curriculum as well as repeated confrontations with the teachers’ unions.
David Cameron has already said that at least 500 extra free schools will be built if the Conservatives win the election.
The Prime Minister said only the Tories were “committed” to expanding free schools and would push ahead with his flagship education policy at the same rate as this parliament if re-elected.
It comes as a new report found struggling schools were improving up to twice as fast when a free school opened close by compared to the national average.
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