It includes plans to slim down the national curriculum, reform assessment in primary schools, scrap modular GCSEs and make GCSE performance league tables more "aspirational" by judging schools on how well students do in science, modern languages and the humanities, as well as English and maths.
The minimum standards targets for all schools are also set to be raised so more underperforming schools will be eligible for government intervention.
In terms of improving behaviour and discipline, the white paper proposes to abolish the rule that requires teachers to give pupils and parents 24 hours' notice before a detention.
Teachers will be given stronger powers to search students, clearer rules on the use of force and stronger protection from false allegations made by pupils.
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