PMQs verdict: Corbyn does his homework and passes academies test – but must still do better
We are starting to see a bit of a different Jeremy Corbyn. We kind of saw it at…
Schools
Crowded primary schools undermine the case for yet more academies, Lucy Powell says
Tory plans for the mass conversion of schools to academies will cause the education system to “implode”, Lucy…
Ivan Lewis: Manchester does not need or want forced academy status for its schools
George Osborne’s Budget announcement that all primary and secondary schools will be forced to become academies by…
Tories’ schools spending cuts take us back to 1990s – Powell
The Tories’ attitude towards state schools is “irresponsible and reckless” with schools, Lucy Powell has said as she…
Corbyn: Tories “asset-stripping” education system
Jeremy Corbyn today accuses the Tories of taking an “ideological” approach to schools and presiding over an “asset-striping” agenda…
Labour will fight to retain parents’ voice in the schools system
Last week the Tory mask slipped and their real agenda for our schools system was revealed. Forcing schools…
Osborne academies’ plan “unravelling” amid £560m black hole in schools funding, Powell warns
Lucy Powell has attacked Government’s “costly and disrupting” plans to turn all schools into academies as Labour…
Crisis for families as 84,000 fail to get preferred school place
More and more families are failing to win their preferred choice of secondary school for their children,…
The state education system is under all-out attack
The Tories are trying to take us back in time. They started with the economy – overseeing the…
Powell says Labour will bring academies under control of local authorities
New Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell has promised that academies and free schools will not close under a…
