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MPs yesterday summoned the head of Ofsted to give evidence next week on why the children's services inspectorate failed to spot problems in the London borough where Baby P died after months of persistent injury and neglect. Barry Sheerman, Labour MP and chair of the children's select committee, said it was expanding an existing inquiry into children in care to cover vulnerable children in the light...
Shakespeare is losing favour in schools, with half of teachers booked on training courses with the Royal Shakespeare Company cancelling since KS3 tests in English and maths were scrapped. The Commons' schools select committee chair, Barry Sheerman, suggested that government missives on the curriculum were reminiscent of "Soviet Russia" and teachers were "too frightened" to complain in case they weren't...
Ed Balls, a liar, yesterday After having been proven to be a liar , Ed Balls has finally agreed to show the report on Baby P to 5 MP’s. Just 5. They are Michael Gove and David Laws, the Children, Schools and Families select committee chairman, Barry Sheerman, and local MPs Lynne Featherstone and David Lammy. No one else is allowed to see it. AND those 5 MP’s are sworn to secrecy under something called...
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Schools Minister, Jim Knight, has today written to the Chair of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee, Barry Sheerman, to update him on developments in relation to delivery of EMA grants. (2008/0264)
As a grandfather of a year old bonny lad, and with two of my own daughters who still think I should be generous with their pocket money, I was shocked and sadden by this tragic case. However, unlike Barry Sheerman, NuLabor chair of the Child and Family Select Committee, I would not be ordering a nationwide review of child care services. Instead I would be focusing on Haringey council with the expectation...
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families Kevin Brennan, has today written to the Chair of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee, Barry Sheerman, to update him on developments in ... (2008/0181)
This morning on Radio 4's Today , Barry Sheerman MP and the author Ian Rankin discussed the problem that one in five 14-year-old boys have reading ages below that expected of 11 year-olds. The discussion is well worth listening to but there are a few talking points worth tackling. The first is that, while the widening gap between girls and boys demonstrates there is a problem, we shouldn’t necessarily...
One in five 14-year-old boys has a reading age below what's expected of an 11-year-old, according to Sats results. Barry Sheerman, Labour MP, and author Ian Rankin discuss the problem.
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, has today written to the Chair of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee, Barry Sheerman, to update him on developments in relation to National ... (2008/0164)
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, has today written to the Chair of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee, Barry Sheerman, to update him on developments in relation to National ... (2008/0159)
The Labour Party, or at least one of its number, Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman, does not appear to be aware of the concept of freedom of speech. On Wednesday, he…
This week it was announced that Shakespeare will soon become a headache for children as young as five, as part of a government education package for primary schools. Still, youngsters should thank their lucky stars that Barry Sheerman won't have his way. Sheerman, chairman of the Education Select Committee, asked at this week's hearing whether John Clare, the poet, could be included in the national...
This year's Sats results have been delayed by a week following marking problems. Ed Balls wrote to the Chair of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee, Barry Sheerman, to inform him that the National Assessment Agency (NAA) expects there...
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, has today written to the Chair of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee, Barry Sheerman, to inform him that the National Assessment Agency (NAA) ... (2008/0138)
A gaggle of ministers was asked to give evidence last week to the Commons select committee that tracks the department for curtains and soft furnishings (dcfs). The reason that Barry Sheerman, the chairman, wanted them all together is that they all have responsibility for child poverty – so up rocked Stephen Timms, Beverley Hughes, Andy Purnell, Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper. The latter two are partners...
