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HANSARDEducational Settings: January 2021 Return and FundingAs a Government we have made it a national priority that education and childcare settings should continue to operate as normally as possible during the coronavirus (covid-19)…17 Dec 2020HANSARDEducation: Covid-19 TestingAs a Government we have made it a national priority that education and childcare settings should continue to operate as normally as possible during the coronavirus (covid-19)…15 Dec 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills GuaranteeIn his announcement about the Lifetime Skills Guarantee in September, the Prime Minister set out his vision to transform the training and skills system for the 21st century…09 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021We been working very closely with UCAS and Universities UK on this issue. Universities have been used to different systems. The Scottish system, for example, is different from the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021All the measures that we have undertaken have been aimed at supporting those children who have been most affected, but we have to understand that every child in this country has…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021We are absolutely certain that we can deliver a full exam series. Quite simply, that is because, over the past number of weeks, we have delivered a full exam series for GCSEs and…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021That is why we established the expert group to look at some of the challenges, including the ongoing challenges, as it is not always possible to predict the course that the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021We put together the package of proposals to deal with and support schools in the hon. Lady’s constituency of Halifax and many other areas across the country. We recognise that…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021I assure my hon. Friend that the measures we are taking are truly exceptional—they are not measures that we would ever have expected to take in any normal year. The only reason we…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement regarding testing and examinations in schools and colleges next year. The pandemic continues to cause disruption…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021I am glad that the hon. Member could bring herself to welcome the measures, albeit slightly grudgingly, at the start. It is no thanks to the Labour party that schools are back and…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021I know that you always love Secretaries of State to look adoringly at you, Mr Speaker. I have been dutifully rebuked. The Labour party has never championed pupils, because it has…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021It is good to see that we have a common view, although—I note the chuntering from the hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting), who is sitting in the Opposition Chief Whip’s…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021We have commissioned an Education Policy Institute study on the individual learning loss, and we are getting data into the Department on it. We will be asking the expert group to…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021I very much join my hon. Friend in congratulating St Joseph’s school in Christchurch on such an accolade. I am sure that he, the teachers, parents and, most important, pupils feel…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021We continue to deliver ever more laptops every single week. More than 0.5 million laptops will be going out, and we continue to do everything we can do to support schools with…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021We believe that this is a comprehensive package. We will ask the expert group to look at some of the challenges that students will face in order to be able to progress to their…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021We have already set out details of support for schools during this covid pandemic, not just in the run-up to summer, but during the current term.03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021My hon. Friend is absolutely spot on. The children who are facing exams this year have done so much, in quite extraordinary circumstances. The grades they will receive will be a…03 Dec 2020HANSARDExams and Accountability 2021My hon. Friend highlights a really important area. The virtual school heads programme for local authorities and schools has been a real success. We have seen a real impact for…03 Dec 2020