Badly behaved pupils could face teachers using "reasonable force" as part of a crackdown on behaviour in schools according to leaked government documents.
At the same time a £3.5 billion funding announcement outlined in the briefing paper could pay for a pay rise for teachers to £30,000 by 2022.
However funding for support staff and teaching assistants would be slashed according to the Mirror.
The proposals also include confiscating mobile phones, same-day detentions and fresh powers for headteachers to suspend and expel disruptive pupils.
If the details of the paper are correct, the number of teaching assistants would be reduced.
It's important to note that the Department for Education (DfE) said it did not recognise the "figures" in the leaked document, reported by the Guardian, and said priorities for the new Secretary of State, Gavin Williamson, would be announced "in due course".
The document is reported as stating: "We will back heads to use powers to promote good behaviour including sanctions and rewards; using reasonable force; to search and confiscate items from pupils (including mobile phones); impose same-day detentions; suspend and expel pupils; ban mobile phones."
The leaked paper was also said to contain evidence that Downing Street and the DfE had calculated that there are too many teaching assistants (TAs) working in the education system.
Last year, the Institute for Fiscal Studies estimated per-pupil funding had been cut by four per cent in real terms since 2015, after a freeze was imposed by the Government.
It estimated returning school funding to 2015 levels would require nearly £2bn.
When questioned about the content of the leak a DfE spokeswoman said: "We do not comment on leaks.
"We will announce further information on our domestic priorities in due course."
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