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24 April 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

Angela Rayner: Full text of Labour Conference 2019 speech

Labour activists heard from Angela Rayner at the party’s annual conference this morning. Here is what she said. Conference, it is a pleasure to follow Mark [Drakeford, first minister of Wales]. What a contrast he is to the last three Tory Prime Ministers. They have achieved the impossible – they’ve each been even worse than […]

Anti-private school motion passes at Labour conference

Delegates at the Labour Party conference have passed a motion calling on the party to “integrate” private schools into the state sector and “redistribute” their assets. The motion, which was backed by a number of MPs including shadow chancellor John McDonnell, was debated and approved in Brighton this evening. However, Angela Rayner, the shadow education […]

Labour would replace Ofsted with Local Authority 鈥榟ealth checks鈥�

A Labour government would replace Ofsted with a new inspection system involving local authorities running “health checks” on schools. In an interview with the Observer newspaper, shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said: “We would abolish Ofsted and we would replace it with a different system… I believe Ofsted measures poverty. It measures deprivation. And I […]

The 4 schools policies in Angela Rayner’s Labour conference speech

Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, has addressed the Labour Party conference in Brighton. In a short speech, Rayner announced a number of policies that her party will enact if it wins power in a forthcoming general election. Here are the schools policies she announced.   1. Integration of private schools – but no commitment […]

Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England and Wales from September 2019

The new teacher and school leadership pay rates for 2019-20 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. In July, the DfE announced pay rises of 2.75 per cent for teachers on all pay grades. While local authority-maintained schools are required to follow these pay scales, academies and free schools are allowed to set their own […]

Labour refuses to rule out replacing Ofsted

Labour is “looking at all options” for an overhaul of the school accountability system, including replacing Ofsted. In an exclusive eve-of-conference interview with Schools Week, Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, refuses to rule out scrapping the inspectorate, but does concede there is a need to replace it with a new system to hold schools […]

Going for Gatsby: Schools report careers progress, but some areas lag behind

Schools across England are reporting an improved picture of careers support, but some areas are still lagging behind despite nearly £100 million of government funding to boost provision. A state of the nation report by the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) shows that more schools are meeting the Gatsby benchmarks for good careers guidance, a […]

Williamson asks STRB to advise on ‘flatter’ teacher pay progression

The body in charge of teacher pay has been asked to advise the government on how a new “flatter” pay progression model might work, after ministers pledged to raise starting salaries to £30,000 within three years. The School Teachers’ Review Body has also been asked to consider whether separate main and upper pay ranges are still […]

McDonnell backs plan to abolish private schools

A campaign by Labour activists to abolish private schools has been endorsed by John McDonnell as a move to make it official party policy gathers pace. In a statement this morning, the shadow chancellor and close Jeremy Corbyn ally said he backed the campaign “to talk about how we ensure an integrated education system, where […]