Summing up his priorities recently, the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said: “Further education, further education, further education”. “We must also continue to build on our great strengths in the basic research that feeds the innovation of the future and will ensure the UK maintains its status as a global science leader…We look forward to further clarity in the autumn spending review on how this new investment is allocated across the UK’s research and innovation landscape,” Professor Ramakrishnan said. There was £7m to support the rollout of new specialist maths schools, £29m a year for PE and sports in primary schools, and £90m annually for an “arts premium” to help schools provide “high-quality arts programmes and extracurricular activities”. UK politics Education Media Society Law Scotland Wales Northern Ireland More Budget 2020 This article is more than 7 months old. Other announcements in the 2020 Budget regarding education include £120 million for up to eight new Institutes of Technology.

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