MP for Harlow celebrates Colleges Week! 21st October 2022 Harlow’s MP, Robert Halfon visited Harlow College for the 92nd time this week in celebration of Colleges Week. Harlow College is now one of the best colleges in... Articles
Education Committee Chair urges Government to stick to SEND promises 21st October 2022 The Education Committee today publishes a response from the Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP, to its letter regarding the Government’s... Articles
Hunt’s best route to growth is proper investment in apprenticeships and skills 19th October 2022 First reported in Conservative Home Some cake is always possible – we have to take tough financial decisions but investment in skills will boost economic... Articles
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