Education - Catherine West MP

My letter to the Education Secretary on the reopening of Haringey Schools

I was in Parliament today for the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson’s statement on school closures following the Christmas break. During his statement he wasn’t able to list any of the areas where schools would remain close, but shortly after his Department snuck out a list which includes our neighbouring boroughs…

Well-funded schools

In Hornsey and Wood Green schools will have lost £11.8m by 2020 compared with 2015. That’s £535 less for every pupil. We need fair funding for schools. Instead ten years of Tory cuts have meant fewer teachers, larger class sizes and underfunded support for those with special educational needs and disabilities. (SEND). Further education has…

Hornsey & Wood Green schools some of the hardest hit by Tory Lib Dem cuts

By next year schools in Hornsey and Wood Green will have lost £11.8m compared with 2015. That’s £535 less for every pupil. In Parliament, I’ve spoken out against school cuts and called for a special early intervention fund for children at risk of exclusion. Labour will introduce a fully-funded National…

I support the Fair Funding for All Schools Campaign

Grammar schools are not the answer

Catherine West MP argues funding for London’s schools must be protected

Catherine West MP’s letter in The Guardian on the success of London’s schools

Forcing our schools to become academies is an attack on parent choice

My letter in The Guardian on the need to protect London schools’ funding

Catherine West MP speaks out against Tory plans to force schools to become academies