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  • Widening participation for BAME young people (1)

    • Reference: 2020/1224
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    How will your Budget increase education opportunities for young BAME Londoners, and widen participation in adult education and the jobs market for BAME graduates?

  • Widening participation for BAME young people (2)

    • Reference: 2020/1225
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    The Adult Education Budget (AEB) has as two of its key aims supporting English for Speakers of Other Languages and support for disadvantaged learners. Although you have not yet made sweeping policy changes to the AEB, what initial work has been undertaken in this area?

  • Widening participation for BAME young people (3)

    • Reference: 2020/1226
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    The Education Panel recommended as part of our work on exclusions that you should work to increase the proportion of BAME teachers and school leaders in London. What progress have you made?

  • Widening participation for BAME young people (4)

    • Reference: 2020/1227
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    You know I have followed your work diversifying London Fashion Week and our fashion industry with great interest. How are you ensuring that these programmes reach BAME Londoners outside of the major fashion schools?

  • Exclusions (1)

    • Reference: 2020/1231
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    The Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson CBE MP, has stated that he will prioritise Alternative Provision (AP) schools when assessing free school applications. There is no doubt that APs do essential work, but is increasing their numbers through free schools the right approach for London?

  • Exclusions (2)

    • Reference: 2020/1232
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    Gavin Williamson CBE MP (Education Secretary) has also recently stated that school discipline will be the Government’s highest education priority and set out some severe and punitive measures such as silent corridors. Do you agree with me that, given London’s disproportionate rate of exclusions, a far more inclusive approach to school discipline is required?

  • Maintained nurseries

    • Reference: 2020/1233
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    The National Education Union and others have recently handed a petition to Downing Street calling on the Prime Minister to make a funding commitment in the Spring Budget on 11 March 2020 that secures the long-term future of maintained nursery schools. What assessment have you made of the financial health of London’s maintained nurseries, and will you support the petition?

  • Schools for Success

    • Reference: 2020/0459
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
    Will you produce an updated version of the ‘Schools for Success: What helped them to succeed?’ report, originally published in October 2018?

  • Government funding announcements for schools

    • Reference: 2020/0461
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
    Do the Government’s recent promises on school funding promise to make a difference for schools in London that have been afflicted by cuts over the last decade?

  • Inequalities in language study

    • Reference: 2020/0462
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
    The British Council has recently reported on the inequalities in language study at GCSE, with girls far more likely than boys to choose to study modern foreign languages (MFL). Given the importance of MFL to London’s economy and to the future jobs market, what are you doing to address these disparities?