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Parents left without childcare after thousands of providers close

Parents are being left without childcare as thousands of providers close. The overall number of childcare providers in England dropped by around 4,000 between March 2021 and March 2022, the largest decline since 2016, according to figures from ...

15 Aug 2022 at 15:34

Labour in buoyant mood as conference draws to a close

Labour’s conference will draw to a close on Wednesday after a gathering which has seen the party present itself as a government-in-waiting in response to the economic turmoil unleashed by Liz Truss’ Tories. The party will set out plans to ...

28 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Pupils must not be held back through lack of high-quality local schools – Labour

Pupils must not be held back through a lack of good schools in their area, the Shadow Education Secretary will tell heads. In her maiden speech as Shadow Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson will tell heads gathered at the Association ...

11 Mar 2022 at 23:55

Government ‘devoid of ideas’ for improving education, says Labour

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has said the Government’s policies were “devoid of ideas”. Speaking at the National Education Union’s annual conference in Bournemouth on Tuesday, Ms Phillipson said the Government’s Schools ...

12 Apr 2022 at 13:25

Shadow education secretary heckled by teachers over Ofsted remarks

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson was heckled by teachers when she said it was time for the schools inspectorate Ofsted to “turn a corner”. Speaking at the National Education Union’s annual conference in Bournemouth, Ms ...

12 Apr 2022 at 15:25

No social insurance model for NHS under Labour reforms, Starmer indicates

Labour would not move to a social insurance model as part of sweeping changes it is proposing for the health service, the party’s leader has indicated. Sir Keir Starmer said he had commissioned his shadow cabinet to come up with ...

15 Jan 2023 at 14:18

Parents cannot afford after-school clubs, says Labour

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has said the cost-of-living crisis means parents cannot afford after-school clubs for their children. Speaking at the NAHT school leaders’ annual conference in Telford, Ms ...

30 Apr 2022 at 12:25

Don’t tell teachers which books to teach, says Phillipson

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has said ministers should not micromanage the books pupils read in classrooms. Speaking to the NAHT school leaders’ annual conference in Telford, she said there was an ...

30 Apr 2022 at 13:55

Safeguarding concerns ‘missed’ due to infrequent school inspections – Labour

Concerns about children’s safety and wellbeing are being “missed” due to “infrequent” Ofsted inspections of schools, the shadow education secretary has said. Bridget Phillipson said a Labour government would ...

11 Mar 2023 at 16:02

Labour pledges to introduce annual school safeguarding review as part of reforms

A Labour government would introduce an annual review of safeguarding in schools as part of plans to overhaul Ofsted, the shadow education secretary will say. Bridget Phillipson will say parents “deserve ...

11 Mar 2023 at 00:10

More families struggling to find childcare places and face ‘eye watering bills’

More families across England are struggling to find childcare places and are facing higher prices, leaving disadvantaged children “at risk of missing out”, a charity has warned. Fewer than one in five ...

09 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Labour’s Phillipson calls for end to childcare ‘tinkering’

A Labour government would completely overhaul Britain’s “broken” childcare system, the shadow education secretary has said. Bridget Phillipson said she wanted to “move away” from the current system ...

09 Mar 2023 at 12:58

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