(5 years, 2 months ago)
Ministerial CorrectionsUnder this settlement, all schools will attract more money, at least in line with inflation, and schools with the highest proportions of children from disadvantaged backgrounds will receive the highest level of funding. Since 2011, we have closed the attainment gap by 9.5% in secondary schools and by 13% in primary schools.
Topical Questions
The following is an extract from Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education on 9 September 2019.
(5 years, 2 months ago)
Commons Chamber(7 years ago)
Commons ChamberThe issue of Wakefield City Academies Trust was not about finances, but about academic standards in the schools in that trust. That is why we are re-brokering all the schools in WCAT to other, more successful multi-academy trusts in the area. We are concerned not with making party political points, but with raising academic standards in each of the schools that serve pupils in those areas.