Children would learn creative subjects like art and drama, or sport up to 16 under a Labour schools shake-up that will "tear down barriers to hope".
Keir Starmer promised major reforms to the school curriculum yesterday as he vowed to "shatter the class ceiling" holding ordinary kids back.
In a highly personal speech in Gillingham, Kent, Mr Starmer told how seeing his toolmaker dad feel “looked down upon" and "disrespected” because of his job had pushed him to end the snobbery around the academic/vocational divide.
