Ahead of a major speech today, Sir Keir Starmer has claimed social mobility is “going backwards” under the Conservatives and that Labour in government would smash the “class ceiling” with education reform. The Labour leader this morning pledged to “break the link” between people’s circumstances when they are born and “where they end up”. » Read
Rishi Sunak claimed in a speech yesterday that the UK economy suffers from an “anti-maths mindset” that costs the economy “tens of billions per year”. It was the latest pronouncement on what has been a core if questionable theme of his premiership: his desire to convert the masses to the cult of calculus. » Read More
Chairman of the Education Select Committee, Robin Walker, tells us about the government’s priorities in the education system, his thoughts on teacher strikes and the impact his role has on the sector. The post The Committee Chairs: In Conversation with Robin Walker appeared first on Politics.co.uk. » Read More
In a year when the competition for university places has never been fiercer with England’s chief exam regulator stating this year’s GCSE and A-Levels will “get the most generous grades… The post Over a quarter of Brits agree the quality of education they received prevented them from reaching their full potential appeared first on London…
Labour has today branded the government’s new childcare plans “pathetic”. The government said that in order to “drive down costs for providers and parents” it will consider slashing required staff-to-child ratios from 1:4 to 1:5 for two-year-olds. Childcare for children aged 0-2 is the most expensive for providers to deliver, largely given the need for higher…
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has called on the Government to extend provision of healthy free school meals to all primary school children as the cost of living crisis… The post Sadiq Khan calls for universal free school meals as cost of living spirals ‘and every child in London deserves that safety net’ appeared…
Head teachers are being forced to swap hot meals for sandwiches even for the most vulnerable due to increased food prices, cuts in funding and increasing inflation. The i has… The post School children are going without hot meals and eating sandwiches as the cost of living crisis get worse appeared first on London Business…
Has a school subject ever been so badly let down by the government? Reading the latest data review into the subject, you could make a pretty good case for that subject being RE. GCSE entries up by a third in a decade. A 50 per cent percentage increase in A-level entries since 2003 – beating…
Nearly 2,500 years ago the Greek politician and general Pericles said: “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you” and in my time as a politician I have learnt that, alas, there is virtually nothing that escapes politics and regulation. This is now the…
Around 43 per cent of state-funded schools now operate as academies, educating over half of pupils in England across over 2,700 academy trusts, and the Department for Education (DfE) aims for all state-funded schools to become part of a family of academy trusts. But in a report today the public accounts committee (PAC) says a…
