Tuesday 18 May 2021 Education / Kate Green Conservative failures on further education see rising vacancies in key industries Continue Reading
Tuesday 18 May 2021 Education / Kate Green Labour responds to calls from NAHT school leaders’ union for headteachers to be released from test & trace burden Continue Reading
Monday 17 May 2021 Education Labour responds to report from Ofqual on concerns of biased grading Continue Reading
Monday 17 May 2021 Education / Matt Western Matt Western responds to Higher Education Policy Institute and UPP Foundation polling on public attitudes to free speech at universities Continue Reading
Sunday 16 May 2021 Education / Kate Green New data reveals Government summer schools will reach just 8% of pupils as Labour demands Ministers be ambitious for children’s recovery on National Children’s Day Continue Reading
Thursday 29 April 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to Sutton Trust polling on school’s use of pupil premium funding Continue Reading
Wednesday 28 April 2021 Education / Kate Green Full text of Kate Green’s speech to the Confederation of School Trusts annual conference Continue Reading
Tuesday 27 April 2021 Education / Kate Green Labour’s plan for ‘catch-up’ breakfast clubs could give post-pandemic boost to millions of school children across England Continue Reading
Tuesday 27 April 2021 Education / Kate Green Labour calls for children to be at heart of national recovery Continue Reading
Monday 26 April 2021 Education / Kate Green / Keir Starmer Labour leader pledges to back opportunities for young people to earn and learn as new data exposes Conservatives’ failure to deliver on promises Continue Reading
Tuesday 20 April 2021 Education / Kate Green Labour responds to Education Policy Institute’s report on education catch-up funding Continue Reading
Friday 9 April 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to the NEU’s State of Education survey on mental health issues among children and young people Continue Reading
Wednesday 7 April 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to National Education Union’s The State of Education: Poverty, the Pandemic and Recovery survey Continue Reading
Friday 2 April 2021 Education / Kate Green Conservatives’ stealth cut to school funding shows “disregard” for children’s futures Continue Reading
Wednesday 31 March 2021 Education / Toby Perkins Over 9 million jobs excluded from Conservatives’ skills ‘guarantee’ Continue Reading
Friday 19 March 2021 Education / Tulip Siddiq Tulip Siddiq responds to Education Policy Institute’s report ‘Identifying children with special educational needs and disabilities’ Continue Reading
Tuesday 16 March 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to the launch of The Childhood Commission review by the Children’s Commissioner for England Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 March 2021 Education / Kate Green Thousands more children could be returning to overcrowded classrooms as pupils in class sizes over 31 soars under the Conservatives Continue Reading
Monday 8 March 2021 Education / Kate Green / Keir Starmer Labour calls for catch-up breakfast clubs to help children recover lost learning and social development Continue Reading
Sunday 28 February 2021 Coronavirus / Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to news that families of school children can recieve home Covid tests Continue Reading
Thursday 25 February 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to Education Secretary’s statement on education return and awarding qualifications in 2021 Continue Reading
Thursday 25 February 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to Government’s plan for summer assessments process to replace exams Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Education / Kate Green Government’s education recovery plan lacks ambition as analysis shows 900 million school days have been lost Continue Reading
Thursday 18 February 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to Education Policy Institute’s report on education reopening and catch-up support across the UK Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 February 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to Children’s Commissioner comments on Government failing vulnerable children Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 February 2021 Education / Kate Green Labour reveals majority of Government departments still missing their own apprenticeships target Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 February 2021 Angela Rayner / Education Labour demands free school meals extended over February half term next week Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 February 2021 Education / Kate Green Labour calls for investigation following appointment of Prime Minister’s campaign manager to key government role Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 February 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to James Wharton’s appointment as Chair of the Office for Students Continue Reading
Monday 8 February 2021 Education / Kate Green / Toby Perkins Labour calls for wage subsidy to boost apprenticeships as Government incentive fails to create opportunities Continue Reading
Friday 5 February 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to launch of Prime Minister’s school rebuilding programme Continue Reading
Thursday 28 January 2021 Education / Kate Green Government must set out a ‘credible delivery plan’ to lead a national effort on reopening schools Continue Reading
Wednesday 27 January 2021 Angela Rayner / Education Labour demands free school meals extension over February half term Continue Reading
Thursday 21 January 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to reports government laptops given to students for at home learning have virus connecting to a Russian server Continue Reading
Thursday 21 January 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green Statement response to the Skills for Jobs White Paper Continue Reading
Thursday 21 January 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green comments on the Government’s Skills for Jobs white paper Continue Reading
Tuesday 19 January 2021 Education / Kate Green Labour calls on Gavin Williamson to resign for failing children throughout the pandemic Continue Reading
Wednesday 13 January 2021 Education / Toby Perkins Government must stop treating BTEC and vocational students as an afterthought – Toby Perkins Continue Reading
Monday 11 January 2021 Education / Wes Streeting Government’s promise to help children learn remotely is falling woefully short – Wes Streeting Continue Reading
Wednesday 6 January 2021 Chi Onwurah / Digital / Education / Wes Streeting Labour calls on the Government to adopt plan to get every child online Continue Reading
Tuesday 5 January 2021 Education / Toby Perkins Government must cancel BTEC exams to prevent fundamentally unfair grades, Labour warns Continue Reading
Friday 1 January 2021 Education / Kate Green Labour demands “serially incompetent” Gavin Williamson answers dozens of outstanding questions from parents Continue Reading
Friday 1 January 2021 Coronavirus / Education / Kate Green Gavin Williamson’s incompetence is creating huge stress for parents, pupils, and school staff Continue Reading
Monday 28 December 2020 Education / Kate Green The Government is failing to be honest with parents and pupils about the return of schools in January – Kate Green Continue Reading
Tuesday 22 December 2020 Education / Kate Green / Wes Streeting Labour demands clarity around January return of schools and colleges Continue Reading
Tuesday 22 December 2020 Education / Kate Green Kate Green comments on Education Policy Institute’s new report Assessing Covid-19 cost pressures on England’s schools Continue Reading
Tuesday 15 December 2020 Education / Wes Streeting Wes Streeting comments on Government announcing mass testing in schools from January Continue Reading
Tuesday 15 December 2020 Education / Tulip Siddiq Tulip Siddiq responds to Ofsted figures showing that a third of early years providers interviewed fear closure Continue Reading
Thursday 3 December 2020 Education / Kate Green Government far too slow to act on exams – Kate Green Continue Reading
Tuesday 1 December 2020 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to national school attendance data Continue Reading