Schools White Paper Debate

Full Debate: Read Full Debate
Department: Department for Education

Schools White Paper

Laura Trott Excerpts
Monday 28th March 2022

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
Read Full debate Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
Nadhim Zahawi Portrait Nadhim Zahawi
- Hansard - - - Excerpts

We are supporting small rural schools through the national funding formula to make sure they have the funds they need.

Laura Trott Portrait Laura Trott (Sevenoaks) (Con)
- Hansard - -

I welcome the White Paper, particularly its ambitions on literacy and numeracy. Will Ofsted reinforce those ambitions through data-led interventions where they are not being met?

Nadhim Zahawi Portrait Nadhim Zahawi
- Hansard - - - Excerpts

Ofsted’s 2019 framework has, in many ways, helped schools both to focus on literacy and numeracy and to have a knowledge-rich curriculum, from which this White Paper does not deviate. We are working in lockstep with our colleagues in Ofsted to make sure we deliver the highest-quality outcomes for children. If we focus on outcomes, we will not get it wrong.