Oct 19 2010
The Group’s most recent meeting in October examined Safeguarding literacy: access to the curriculum and social mobility.
The three speakers (Dr Rona Tutt OBE, Ruth Miskin and Tricia Adams) discussed the anomalies in literacy policy that the Government needs to overcome, such as schools not being required to have a library.
They also analysed how to approach literacy imaginatively, engage children through technology and creativity, and incorporate academic and vocational approaches.
Jul 06 2010
In July 2010, the Group was re-formed. An informal lunch reception welcomed members and included a brief meeting to elect the Officers of the Group.
Fabian Hamilton MP was re-elected as Chairman, and Martin Horwood MP continued as Vice-Chairman.
They are joined by James Gray MP and Baroness Perry of Southwark as Vice-Chairmen, Baroness Walmsley as Treasurer, and Nic Dakin MP as Secretary.
Feb 03 2010
In February 2010, Barry Sheerman MP, Chairman of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee, addressed members of the APPG. He gave a sense of the continuum in educational policy, as well as his views on how it would develop over the next year.