Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Josh Babarinde and Georgia Gould

Monday 20th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Josh Babarinde (Eastbourne) (LD)]

T4. Eastbourne headteachers have expressed grave concerns about the impact of the new Ofsted framework on staff wellbeing, and its punishing impact on schools in deprived areas. Will the Minister meet me and Eastbourne headteachers for a roundtable to discuss how we can avoid disastrous consequences happening again?

[Georgia Gould]

I would be very happy to meet the hon. Member. The new framework has been designed to support the wellbeing of heads and to give a clear and full view of school performance, but I am happy to continue that conversation.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Josh Babarinde and Georgia Gould

Monday 19th January 2026 Commons Chamber

[Georgia Gould]

We absolutely support the development of a British Sign Language GCSE. As I have said, we also support the development of a Ukrainian GCSE. We are taking this up with exam boards, and we will continue to do so.

[Josh Babarinde (Eastbourne) (LD)]

Does the Minister agree with me that any Ukrainian GCSE should also include teaching on the importance of national sovereignty and the international rules-based order? If so, does she agree that Donald Trump should be the first to sit that GCSE, so that in relation to Greenland, he can learn to keep his hands off a country that is not his?