@EmmaHardyMP, @UKLabour’s Shadow Universities Minister, has written to @EducationGovUK, calling for them to “get a grip before it is too late”, outlining the Party’s calls to improve testing and digital access. 

@KateGreenSU, @UKLabour’s Shadow Education Secretary, commenting on the result of the vote on Labour’s Opposition Day motion yesterday (9 Sept) calling for the publication of all documents relating to the exams fiasco, said:

@UKLabour is calling on Gavin Williamson and Boris Johnson to “come clean” about their role in the exams fiasco, as the Party prepares for a Commons vote on a motion that would require all internal documents, minutes of meetings, and ministerial submissions relating to the exams fiasco to be provided to the education select committee. 

@UKLabour calls for a national #CloseTheGap strategy for school and college catch-up as studies suggest Covid closures have significantly widened gaps between students  Labour has called on the Government to give parents a “cast-iron guarantee” that no schoolchild will be left behind as a result of Covid, as studies suggest a major widening of the attainment gap between pupils due to school closures.

Studies suggest Covid closures have significantly widened gaps between pupils.