All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education

Ofsted – Moving English forward – highlighting APPG’s recommendations

APPG — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:42:35 +0000

Ofsted’s report, Moving English forward, published on 15th March 2012, sets out to answer the question: how can attainment in English be raised in order to move English forward in schools? The report refers to the APPG for Education’s recommendations, in particular noting: 72. …The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education recently reported that ‘schools should …

Literacy inquiry – responses and Early Day Motion

APPG — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:17:07 +0000

The APPG met on 8th November 2011 to discuss the responses to the literacy inquiry: download the summary of responses The Group also agreed to table Early Day Motion 2420: That this House is concerned about the high number of children and adults who struggle to read; is alarmed by the large proportion of offenders …

The changing schools landscape

APPG — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:36:32 +0000

Four panellists with a range of experience and views joined the APPG and around 50 guests to debate “The changing schools landscape: what can maintained schools, free schools and academies learn from one another?” With Nic Dakin MP chairing the meeting, the panellists were: Fiona Millar, education journalist and co-founder of the Local Schools Network …