Tristram Hunt tells private schools to bring down “Berlin Wall” with state sector – or lose £700 million in tax breaks
Labour will announce plans to ‘recast’ the relationship between state and private schools, it has been announced. In a…
Education
5 education pledges I want to see from the Labour Party
Up to now, Miliband has toyed at the edges of education, with no real commitment to how it…
The Department for Education says LGBT rights are not “British values”
This morning the official Twitter account of the Department for Education tweeted that it wants schools to teach…
Labour shouldn’t offer cosmetic solutions for our education system
Until told otherwise I am going to assume that all teachers have a deep and noble interest in…
Tristram, an oath won’t change why a degree and a PGCE aren’t a status guarantee
With a pocket full of dreams and with a considerable amount of student debt, I’ve just started my…
After 18% pay cut under Tories, Labour will ensure a “fair deal” for school support staff
Labour will introduce a new national bargaining body for school support staff to “ensure that they get a…
Gove is long gone but Tories are still taking school standards “backwards”, says Hunt
Tristram Hunt, Shadow Secretary of State for Education has said that the Tory policies are putting far too…
Rather than focusing on free schools, Labour should consider supporting home education
The Labour Party, since at least 2010 have gradually begun to present a coherent, cohesive education programme, to…
Labour’s new way forward for higher education
At 3.50pm on Friday 16 October 1964, Harold Wilson’s office took the call from the Queen’s Private Secretary,…
Life skills need to be at the heart of Labour’s curriculum
When Gove was demoted and moved away from his beloved education brief you could almost hear the sound…
