“We’ve started the work of breaking down the barriers to opportunity.” Bridget Phillipson on her first week as Education Secretary and the first steps she’s been driving.
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Help us achieve world-class education, training and care for everyone, whatever their background. Whether you're just starting out, or an experienced professional, we have what you are looking for. Jobs include administration, policy advisers, digital, finance, commercial specialists and many more. You'll help shape the future of education, training and social care, by working with industry and education leaders to develop policies and services. We have offices across England, including in Manchester, Sheffield, Bristol, Leeds, Gatehead, Cambridge, London, Darlington, Nottingham and Coventry. We offer part-time, term-time and flexible working patterns, including working from home. You'll be able to shape your own learning and development with plenty of options available, and get involved with work across government, as well as in your local community. You can use your paid volunteer days to take on projects that matter to you.
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🔈"The key thing for me this evening was hearing about that desire to work collaboratively, to cooperate, to listen to the profession and together we can make a difference for young people.” Hear from the teaching profession as Bridget Phillipson welcomed stakeholders to the Department for Education.
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Last night we opened the doors to the Department for Education to discuss with stakeholders about how we can work together to drive up standards and break down barriers to opportunity. We’re resetting the relationship between government and stakeholders so we can be partners in the push for better.
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We caught up with Bridget Phillipson on her first visit as Education Secretary to Ark Start Oval Nursery in Croydon, where she set out her early priorities for early years education and why it is at the centre of her vision for education to give all children the best start in life 🌻🎨 Do something big and consider a career working with small children. Search early years careers to find out more 👶 https://lnkd.in/eEUeZVQY
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A massive congratulations to children receiving their SATs results today, and to the teachers and staff who have supported them along the way. The Education Secretary wrote to education workforces this week to say they will be valued for the thing they do best: improving the life chances of all our children.
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Today, the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson wrote to the education sector on how we will work together to give every child the best start in life, drive high and rising standards and break down barriers to opportunity. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/epSSh3qa
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Having attended a failing comprehensive school when I was younger, I know how a poor education can set you back in life. I was lucky that one of my teachers stayed back to help me get 10 O-Levels, but many of my classmates left school with poor results and they have struggled to fulfil their potential as a result. What angers me most is that there is no difference in talent between the poorest and richest areas in the country, yet there is a difference in the opportunities they receive. That’s my mission as Education Secretary - to end this injustice. I’m really proud that 90% of our schools are now rated good or outstanding - up from 68% in 2010. That isn’t just a number to me, it represents hundreds of thousands more children with more opportunities to thrive. And it’s what I see when I visit schools across the country. It was fantastic to meet the staff and students at Oasis Academy South Bank this week to see how they are taking evidence-based solutions to improve their results, behaviour and attendance. From a teacher picking up students who didn’t want to go to school, to children being cold-called in class so they remain engaged, this school is delivering excellent standards, and I know that these children will go onto achieve great things. Thank you very much to John Barneby FRSA, Anna Richardson and the rest of your wonderful team for inviting me and for all your work giving the next generation the life chances that they deserve. #Education #Teachers #School #Opportunity #Students
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Is it important for England's Education Secretary to meet with foreign Education Ministers? That was the question I was asked after I attended the G7 in Japan last year. The answer? Yes, as it's only by engaging with other countries that you can learn from best practice and improve results for people in your own country. Over the past 14 years, we have done this incredibly successfully in England. In 2010, we began our free school and academisation programme which now covers over half of all state schools. This has been a major factor in helping us to achieve 90% of schools being rated good or outstanding. Where did we learn this from? Sweden 🇸🇪 In 2009, we were rated 27th in the world for maths. So what did we do? We looked around the world for the best maths curriculum and found that the 'mastery' approach from Singapore 🇸🇬 was the most successful. I'm not ashamed to say that we took this approach for the children in English schools - and now we're up to 11th in the world. And, our phonics programme which has led to our primary school children becoming the 4th best readers in the world and our secondary school pupils rising from 25th to 13th in the world was taken from a vast array of international evidence. That's the power of engaging with our international partners - and this week, I'm doing just that at the #EWF2024. #Education #InternationalEducation #Maths #Reading
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The Royal Foundation Business Taskforce for Early Childhood today announces the publication of a report setting out the business case for prioritising early childhood. Investing in early childhood could generate at least £45.5 billion in value added for the national economy each year. By having a greater focus on early childhood, we would create a happier and more productive workforce today and transform the health and wellbeing of the UK economy and society for generations to come. Business has an important role to play in creating a healthier, happier society and their report highlights the huge scale of opportunity for business to drive, and benefit from, prioritising early childhood in the workplace and wider community. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eQgcF9mN The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood https://lnkd.in/eStHddT4
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