Supporting Schools and Children's Services

Following my meeting with the new Headteacher at Sir William Robertson Academy in September, I wrote to the Secretary of State for Education to request that the school’s rebuild timeline be expedited in recognition of the pressures experienced because of the current facilities.I am pleased to share

Great to join NK Academy politics students last week for an early start to #UKParliamentWeek! Thank you for having me back and for an interesting discussion!

Delighted to meet with Mr Barlow, newly appointed Headteacher of Sir William Robertson Academy and CEO of Aspire Schools Trust. SWRA is a fantastic local school - offering a warm and welcoming learning environment which proves popular amongst parents in the area. It was great to speak with

A pleasure to welcome students and staff from NK Academy to Parliament this week! Its always a joy to speak to pupils about their passion for politics and I was pleased to give Mrs Tunnicliffe and Mrs Ayre some political memorabilia for the school!

I recently had the pleasure of joining everyone at Heighington Millfield Primary Academy for their official reopening following significant flood damage last year. The closure had major effects on the children, who had to be bused to different schools around the county within the trust, and sig

The Government said they would compensate schools for the National Insurance tax rise.

It was a pleasure to visit St Andrew's C of E Primary School in Leasingham and meet with the Year 6 House Captains. They had some excellent questions and it was fantastic to hear about their keen interests in Parliament, our democracy and the political system.

During this week's Education Committee session, I raised concerns with the Secretary of State about a number of the Government's actions, including the removal of the Latin Excellence Programme, the cancellation of computer hubs that provide excellence in teaching and the scaling back of modern lang

It has been great to visit some of the local primary schools to meet the winner and runners-up in my Christmas Card Competition 2024!

During Education Committee this week, we heard about the devastating impact that measures announced in the Budget will have on charities providing services to children.During the session, we heard from Harriet Edwards from Sense, a charity who provide services to children with disabilities, includin