Commenting ahead of tomorrow's King's Speech, Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the school leaders’ union, the NAHT said:

“Leaders and teachers will broadly welcome many of the education proposals trailed in the press over the weekend, and we are pleased to see education is a high priority for this new government.

"Many of the new measures that have been trailed are in line with what NAHT has been calling for over a number of years – for example creating a register of children not in school and ensuring all teachers have or are working towards qualified teacher status.”