Supporting Education and Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

The Government's decision to remove the Large Programme Uplift from 16-19 funding formula, and the impact this would have on state schools offering the International Baccalaureate, has been raised with me as a cause of concern by many parents of children who attend the Anglo European School in Ingat

Spending time with like-minded politicians and activists at the annual Conservative Party Conference is a key part of my year, and none more so than this year.Since Kemi Badenoch became the leader of the Conservative Party last year, I have been part of a small team working with her on a review of a

As children get back to nursery settings following the long summer holiday, the age old decision about whether they have a packed lunch or eat a nursery lunch needs to be made.Last year, Essex County Council Public Health commissioned ‘Nourishing our Future’, researched by Anglia Ruskin University t

I am delighted to have been asked to contribute regular articles to the Epping Forest Guardian, as the Member of Parliament for Brentwood and Ongar.The Ongar part of my constituency covers part of West Essex, and contains some of the most beautiful and friendly villages in my constituency.Many of th

The people Brentwood have form when it comes to stepping up to support children with special educational needs. Our fabulous local charity, SNAP, started with some families with children who had additional needs deciding they wanted more for their children than was then on offer.

Two and a half years ago, I received emails from the Department for Education and the Anglo European School reporting the presence of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in one block of the school which was being surveyed prior to a bid for funding to making improvements to the school buil

I was recently contacted by a remarkable student from Becket Keys who has, over the past few months, been alerting me to issues he has experienced with the 81 NIBS bus service from Brentwood to Hutton.  The student wrote extremely compelling letters and asked me to help him arrange a meeti

I have been asked by constituents whether the much-loved Bishops Hill Adult Education College has closed.

A highly significant question for parents in the modern world is when to give your child a smartphone.

Today [Tuesday 18 March 2025] Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Conservative Party, announced the Policy Renewal Programme. We are living off the inheritance of previous generations. For three centuries, every era in our country’s history left a better legacy for its children. The greatnes