We need education and children to be front and centre in the leadership race 13th July 2022 First reported in Conservative Home With a large parliamentary majority for our next Leader to utilise, is it time for some more radical thinking when it comes... Articles
MPs call for schools and local authorities to face hit to Ofsted ratings if they fail to ensure that children in care receive full-time, high-quality education 8th July 2022 First reported in Your Harlow “Host of indefensible system failings” damaging educational and employment outcomes for children in care MPs call for schools and... Articles
Our chaotic prison education system is crying out for an overhaul 18th May 2022 First reported in Conservative Home For the majority of offenders, prison must be a place where the skin of an old life is shed, and a new one begins. Education... Articles
There is much, much more to be done to help schools recover from Covid 6th April 2022 First reported in Conservative Home Last week, the Department for Education (DfE) released not one, but two significant new policy documents – a White Paper on... Articles
The Government’s education recovery funding has created another North-South divide 9th February 2022 First reported in Conservative Home Almost £5 billion has been spent on education recovery by the Government. This spending is welcome, but I worry this funding... Articles
Distracted by Covid, policymakers run the risk of creating a mental health epidemic in schools 1st December 2021 First reported in Conservative Home For me, the major concern presented by Omicron is not so much about whether we will be sitting down to Christmas dinner this... Articles
Skills shortages cost the UK billions a year. Re-setting our education system can change this – and boost pupils’ prospects. 17th November 2021 First reported in Conservative Home Last month, the Chancellor delivered a historic budget that cemented ambitions for a skills revolution. I wish the new team... Articles
How my new Bill can protect millions of pupils and students from the disaster of future school shutdowns 3rd November 2021 First reported in Conservative Home Between the start of the pandemic and July 2021, British children were out of the classrooms for almost half of the... Articles
We need to get a handle on home education – and the surge of kids who’ve vanished from the school roll 28th July 2021 First reported in Conservative Home Thanks to the Centre for Social Justice, we know that around 93,500 children missed over 50 per cent of their school... Articles
