Funding to fix crumbling schools faces £900m cut next year
Government funding to fix crumbling school buildings faces a £900m cut next year, despite some classrooms having roofs at risk of collapse, figures uncovered by…
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Stealth cuts leave up to 110,000 children without a free lunch
Up to 110,000 children may be missing out on a free school meal because the Government has frozen the eligibility threshold for four years. The…
Lid Dems: Sunak failing the next generation as he refuses to protect education budgets
@munirawilson: Following Rishi Sunak’s failure to guarantee that school and college budgets will not be cut in next week’s Autumn Statement at Prime Minister’s Questions,…
Munira Wilson: 75,000 A-Level grades set to be marked down under new exam plans
75,266 A-Level exam results in England could miss out on a A* or A grade today (Thursday 18 August) due to the Government’s plan to…
Teachers lost 1.5 million days to stress and mental health last year
Teachers lost a staggering 1.5 million days to mental ill health and stress last year, new figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed. This…
Davey announces radical flagship Catch-Up Voucher policy at Lib Dem Conference
Today Liberal Democrat (@LibDems) Leader Ed Davey (@EdwardJDavey) has announced a new flagship Education policy on the third day of the party’s conference – Catch-Up…
Marcus Rashford and Maro Itoje mix up should be final nail in coffin for Gavin Williamson ask Lib Dems
Commenting on the news that Education Secretary @GavinWilliamson incorrectly claimed to meet @MarcusRashford, when instead he met @maroitoje. Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP…
Daisy Cooper: Williamson must follow Welsh Govt and cancel 2021 exams
Responding to the reports that Liberal Democrat Welsh Education Minister Kirsty Williams has announced that they are cancelling GCSE, AS and A-level exams in 2021,…
Provide free school meals until spring or face a Commons vote say Labour
@UKLabour’s call on Free School Meals Responding to Labour’s ultimatum on Government to provide free school meals (FSM) until spring or face a Commons vote,…
Lib Dems call for counselling provision across secondary schools
The Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) are backing calls for a national commitment to counselling provision in English secondary schools and colleges, to deal with the “profound…