The Conservatives say they will expand the number of academies in England to create at least 220,000 "good school places" over the next nine years.
The Conservatives say they will expand the number of academies in England to create at least 220,000 "good school places" over the next nine years.
The plans focus on almost 32,000 children in deprived areas, who appealed unsuccessfully against the secondary schools they were allocated.
The plans focus on almost 32,000 children in deprived areas, who appealed unsuccessfully against the secondary schools they were allocated.
The expansion of Labour's policy would involve scrapping the ban on creating schools where there are spare places.
The expansion of Labour's policy would involve scrapping the ban on creating schools where there are spare places.
Capital funding would be provided and planning rules loosened.
Tory leader David Cameron said the plans would "drive up standards".
Budgeting
Under the proposals, the party says capital funding would be provided and planning rules loosened to allow groups such as charities and concerned parents to set up schools more easily.
A Conservative education "green paper" being published on Tuesday proposes reallocating 15% of the money in the government's Building Schools for the Future refurbishment programme.
A Conservative education "green paper" being published on Tuesday proposes reallocating 15% of the money in the government's Building Schools for the Future refurbishment programme.
Mr Gove said many children were condemned to underachievement
The party says this would release £4.5bn for the new academies.
The party says this would release £4.5bn for the new academies.
'Condemned'
The Tories believe these new "good" schools would attract pupils - and the funding that goes with them - from existing schools.
The Tories believe these new "good" schools would attract pupils - and the funding that goes with them - from existing schools.
Michael Gove: "Easier for parents"Shadow children's secretary Michael Gove said: "The simple fact is there are not enough good school places, especially in the most deprived parts of the country.
Mr Cameron told BBC One's Breakfast: "I think the way we will really drive up standards is to bring new schools into the system to improve creativity...
"As a result, we are condemning many children to a life of underachievement and deprivation or long journeys to schools miles away from their home.
"I don't believe that a new good school coming on stream somehow damages all the other schools."
"Our proposals will make it much easier for parents and others to establish good, new schools in deprived areas.
The Tories are adopting the idea of a "pupil premium" for children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds.
"It will mean there are at least enough good new schools to provide places for all those pupils in the most deprived areas who were denied admission to the school of their choice."
Although schools get extra money if they are in areas of deprivation, this does not focus on individual children in need, they say.
In addition, the Tories are adopting the idea of a "pupil premium" for children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds.
Shadow children's secretary Michael Gove said: "The simple fact is there are not enough good school places, especially in the most deprived parts of the country.
Although schools get extra money if they are in areas of deprivation, this does not identify individual children in need, they say.
"As a result, we are condemning many children to a life of underachievement and deprivation or long journeys to schools miles away from their home."
So the system "fails to ensure extra money reaches pupils, and fails to encourage good schools to admit the hardest to help children".
'Accelerated'
But Schools Minister Lord Adonis said: "People will ask why we need a new academies programme when the current academies programme is working well, is popular with parents, is driving up standards in disadvantaged communities and is now being accelerated so that we will have 230 academies by 2010 and more to come."
He said government investment was already recruiting thousands of teachers and would see 400 new secondary schools built by 2011.
Lord Adonis added: "We want parents to get more involved in schools and the first parent-promoted school opened in Lambeth in September with our support.
"And we will support other groups of parents who are interested in setting up their own schools."
Liberal Democrat schools spokesman David Laws said: "These new Tory policies fail on two key tests: funding and selection.
"David Cameron is effectively giving the green light to more grammar schools in areas such as Buckinghamshire.
"While the Tories talk about targeting extra funding on the most disadvantaged pupils, it seems that no new money is actually involved."
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