Class sizes, together with the added weight of administrative duties that have come with incessant curriculum reforms, are the most vehement complaints heard from teachers.

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The government said parents back its curriculum and pay reforms.

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She needs the backing of state governments for contentious planned reforms: a national school curriculum, changes to the financing of the health system and a tax on mining profits.

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Our reforms also mean that academies and free schools can choose whether they want to follow this curriculum or develop their own, using the best ideas from anywhere in the world to help.

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Our reforms: tougher discipline, more rigorous exams, more freedom for headteachers, a more demanding curriculum and higher quality teaching, will drive up standards so our pupils have a first-class education that matches the best in the world.

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