Bridget Phillipson MP
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
🌹 Proud Labour MP for Houghton & Sunderland South
📚 Secretary of State for Education
🟰 Minister for Women & Equalities
📚 Secretary of State for Education
🟰 Minister for Women & Equalities
Pinned
An honour to address @tuc.org.uk.
I've learned so much from my community, it shaped me. The values that underpin our movement motivate me every day.
It's time we unite, put them into practice and build a modern Britain that works for working people.
I've learned so much from my community, it shaped me. The values that underpin our movement motivate me every day.
It's time we unite, put them into practice and build a modern Britain that works for working people.
Always the way, isn't it? Graduate from top uni says other people shouldn't aspire to go to university.
The Prime Minister's target – two thirds of young people getting a degree or an apprenticeship – is the right one. Only Labour backs our young people.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The Prime Minister's target – two thirds of young people getting a degree or an apprenticeship – is the right one. Only Labour backs our young people.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UK bigwig who went to top university says fewer others should do the same
Reform UK's former chairman calls for "fewer people going to university" after benefiting from a degree from one of the country's most prestigious ones himself
www.mirror.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Always the way, isn't it? Graduate from top uni says other people shouldn't aspire to go to university.
The Prime Minister's target – two thirds of young people getting a degree or an apprenticeship – is the right one. Only Labour backs our young people.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The Prime Minister's target – two thirds of young people getting a degree or an apprenticeship – is the right one. Only Labour backs our young people.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Thanks to Labour South East for inviting me along to speak at their fundraiser.
The progress we’ve made in education – rolling out free breakfast clubs, expanding free school meals, reviving Sure Start for a new generation, renewing our curriculum – couldn’t happen without you.
The progress we’ve made in education – rolling out free breakfast clubs, expanding free school meals, reviving Sure Start for a new generation, renewing our curriculum – couldn’t happen without you.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Thanks to Labour South East for inviting me along to speak at their fundraiser.
The progress we’ve made in education – rolling out free breakfast clubs, expanding free school meals, reviving Sure Start for a new generation, renewing our curriculum – couldn’t happen without you.
The progress we’ve made in education – rolling out free breakfast clubs, expanding free school meals, reviving Sure Start for a new generation, renewing our curriculum – couldn’t happen without you.
Some great results in from the latest multiplication tables check, with progress being made on last year. 🚀
Labour demands high and rising standards for all children, not just a lucky few.
Labour demands high and rising standards for all children, not just a lucky few.
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Some great results in from the latest multiplication tables check, with progress being made on last year. 🚀
Labour demands high and rising standards for all children, not just a lucky few.
Labour demands high and rising standards for all children, not just a lucky few.
Thanks to Andrew Pakes and the Peterborough Labour team for inviting me along to join them on the doorstep.
With more free school meals and new free breakfast clubs on the way, we'll give children growing up in Peterborough the best start in life.
With more free school meals and new free breakfast clubs on the way, we'll give children growing up in Peterborough the best start in life.
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Thanks to Andrew Pakes and the Peterborough Labour team for inviting me along to join them on the doorstep.
With more free school meals and new free breakfast clubs on the way, we'll give children growing up in Peterborough the best start in life.
With more free school meals and new free breakfast clubs on the way, we'll give children growing up in Peterborough the best start in life.
Expanding free school meals is an anti-poverty, pro-learning, properly Labour policy.
We're setting up children to give school everything they've got, no matter their background.
We're setting up children to give school everything they've got, no matter their background.
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Expanding free school meals is an anti-poverty, pro-learning, properly Labour policy.
We're setting up children to give school everything they've got, no matter their background.
We're setting up children to give school everything they've got, no matter their background.
Tackling child poverty is a moral mission for this Labour government.
Our expansion of free school meals will lift 100,000 children out of poverty.
Our expansion of free school meals will lift 100,000 children out of poverty.
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Tackling child poverty is a moral mission for this Labour government.
Our expansion of free school meals will lift 100,000 children out of poverty.
Our expansion of free school meals will lift 100,000 children out of poverty.
Important piece from Olivia Bailey on what free breakfast clubs can do for children with SEND.
Support for those children is at the heart of all we do, as we build inclusive schools where every child can achieve and thrive.
schoolsweek.co.uk/weve-listene...
Support for those children is at the heart of all we do, as we build inclusive schools where every child can achieve and thrive.
schoolsweek.co.uk/weve-listene...
We heard schools on breakfast clubs – now we’re acting
Early education minister Olivia Bailey explains improvements to Labour's flagship breakfast clubs scheme
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Important piece from Olivia Bailey on what free breakfast clubs can do for children with SEND.
Support for those children is at the heart of all we do, as we build inclusive schools where every child can achieve and thrive.
schoolsweek.co.uk/weve-listene...
Support for those children is at the heart of all we do, as we build inclusive schools where every child can achieve and thrive.
schoolsweek.co.uk/weve-listene...
Thank you for the new ringtone, Times Radio.
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Thank you for the new ringtone, Times Radio.
🚨 NEW: Half a million more children to get access to Labour’s free breakfast clubs next year.
We’ll target support to the areas that need it most, boosting parents’ work choices and children’s life chances.
National renewal in action.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brea...
We’ll target support to the areas that need it most, boosting parents’ work choices and children’s life chances.
National renewal in action.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brea...
500 more school breakfast clubs could save families up to £450, Government claims | LBC
Sir Keir Starmer said the breakfast clubs are prioritising communities
www.lbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🚨 NEW: Half a million more children to get access to Labour’s free breakfast clubs next year.
We’ll target support to the areas that need it most, boosting parents’ work choices and children’s life chances.
National renewal in action.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brea...
We’ll target support to the areas that need it most, boosting parents’ work choices and children’s life chances.
National renewal in action.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brea...
LATEST: Reform UK schools policy
💰Cut state school budgets to restore private school tax breaks
✂️ Special needs identified as area for cuts
🥶 Make 8 year olds walk 5 miles to school in Winter
👎 Children with SEND called 'naughty'
Only Labour will support every child to achieve and thrive.
💰Cut state school budgets to restore private school tax breaks
✂️ Special needs identified as area for cuts
🥶 Make 8 year olds walk 5 miles to school in Winter
👎 Children with SEND called 'naughty'
Only Labour will support every child to achieve and thrive.
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
LATEST: Reform UK schools policy
💰Cut state school budgets to restore private school tax breaks
✂️ Special needs identified as area for cuts
🥶 Make 8 year olds walk 5 miles to school in Winter
👎 Children with SEND called 'naughty'
Only Labour will support every child to achieve and thrive.
💰Cut state school budgets to restore private school tax breaks
✂️ Special needs identified as area for cuts
🥶 Make 8 year olds walk 5 miles to school in Winter
👎 Children with SEND called 'naughty'
Only Labour will support every child to achieve and thrive.
We're getting more children into classrooms, and more teachers in front of them.
✔️ Absence decreasing across all school types
✔️ Persistent absence decreasing across all regions
✔️ Gaps between regions narrowing
That's down to the hard work of schools, families and Labour.
✔️ Absence decreasing across all school types
✔️ Persistent absence decreasing across all regions
✔️ Gaps between regions narrowing
That's down to the hard work of schools, families and Labour.
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We're getting more children into classrooms, and more teachers in front of them.
✔️ Absence decreasing across all school types
✔️ Persistent absence decreasing across all regions
✔️ Gaps between regions narrowing
That's down to the hard work of schools, families and Labour.
✔️ Absence decreasing across all school types
✔️ Persistent absence decreasing across all regions
✔️ Gaps between regions narrowing
That's down to the hard work of schools, families and Labour.
Last year, working with families and schools, we made the biggest attendance improvements in a decade.
Now, Labour is going further — empowering every school with data, resources and a clear roadmap to get pupils back in class, achieving and thriving.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Now, Labour is going further — empowering every school with data, resources and a clear roadmap to get pupils back in class, achieving and thriving.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Last year, working with families and schools, we made the biggest attendance improvements in a decade.
Now, Labour is going further — empowering every school with data, resources and a clear roadmap to get pupils back in class, achieving and thriving.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Now, Labour is going further — empowering every school with data, resources and a clear roadmap to get pupils back in class, achieving and thriving.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
We promised a standards revolution in our colleges and that's what we'll deliver with targeted support where it's needed most and best practice spread across settings.
Labour is creating opportunity for our young people and driving growth for our country.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Labour is creating opportunity for our young people and driving growth for our country.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
New college support teams to raise standards and drive growth
Government introduces Regional Improvement Teams to help underperforming colleges to turn things around.
www.gov.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We promised a standards revolution in our colleges and that's what we'll deliver with targeted support where it's needed most and best practice spread across settings.
Labour is creating opportunity for our young people and driving growth for our country.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Labour is creating opportunity for our young people and driving growth for our country.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Honoured to join the Houghton parade on Remembrance Sunday.
Today we remember all who served and sacrificed for our freedom.
We will remember them.
Today we remember all who served and sacrificed for our freedom.
We will remember them.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Honoured to join the Houghton parade on Remembrance Sunday.
Today we remember all who served and sacrificed for our freedom.
We will remember them.
Today we remember all who served and sacrificed for our freedom.
We will remember them.
Knocking on doors in Hetton today with the Labour team.
Great to hear the pride people have in our community and the determination to keep making a difference.
Great to hear the pride people have in our community and the determination to keep making a difference.
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Knocking on doors in Hetton today with the Labour team.
Great to hear the pride people have in our community and the determination to keep making a difference.
Great to hear the pride people have in our community and the determination to keep making a difference.
Proud of the wide support the Curriculum and Assessment Review has attracted from across the educational spectrum.
Labour wants to set up our children for tomorrow. The work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and colleagues is an essential step forward in securing standards and opportunity.
Labour wants to set up our children for tomorrow. The work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and colleagues is an essential step forward in securing standards and opportunity.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Proud of the wide support the Curriculum and Assessment Review has attracted from across the educational spectrum.
Labour wants to set up our children for tomorrow. The work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and colleagues is an essential step forward in securing standards and opportunity.
Labour wants to set up our children for tomorrow. The work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and colleagues is an essential step forward in securing standards and opportunity.
What children learn at school should equip them for the modern world.
That's why Labour’s new curriculum will deliver strong foundations in reading, writing and maths — plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money.
That's why Labour’s new curriculum will deliver strong foundations in reading, writing and maths — plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money.
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
What children learn at school should equip them for the modern world.
That's why Labour’s new curriculum will deliver strong foundations in reading, writing and maths — plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money.
That's why Labour’s new curriculum will deliver strong foundations in reading, writing and maths — plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money.
For every child across our country, this Curriculum and Assessment Review provides an invitation not just to share in our national story, but to write the next great chapter.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
For every child across our country, this Curriculum and Assessment Review provides an invitation not just to share in our national story, but to write the next great chapter.
I want to pass on my sincere thanks to Professor Becky Francis and her expert panel.
I knew from opposition that Prof Francis was the person I wanted to revitalise & renew our curriculum.
She has been unflinching in her drive for high standards for all.
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
I knew from opposition that Prof Francis was the person I wanted to revitalise & renew our curriculum.
She has been unflinching in her drive for high standards for all.
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
Curriculum review: what does it say about your subject?
The newly published review of curriculum and assessment makes a series of recommendations across different subjects. Find out how your subject could change if the government takes forward its proposal...
www.tes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I want to pass on my sincere thanks to Professor Becky Francis and her expert panel.
I knew from opposition that Prof Francis was the person I wanted to revitalise & renew our curriculum.
She has been unflinching in her drive for high standards for all.
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
I knew from opposition that Prof Francis was the person I wanted to revitalise & renew our curriculum.
She has been unflinching in her drive for high standards for all.
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
We’re updating what children learn at school so they’re ready for the modern world.
That means strong foundations, plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money, and access to arts and sport.
Find out more. 👇
That means strong foundations, plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money, and access to arts and sport.
Find out more. 👇
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We’re updating what children learn at school so they’re ready for the modern world.
That means strong foundations, plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money, and access to arts and sport.
Find out more. 👇
That means strong foundations, plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money, and access to arts and sport.
Find out more. 👇
Our expert-led Curriculum and Assessment Review has concluded.
Its recommendations will support this Labour government to build a system where every child can achieve and thrive.
A renewed system, fit for the future.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Its recommendations will support this Labour government to build a system where every child can achieve and thrive.
A renewed system, fit for the future.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mortgages and AI to be added to the curriculum in English schools
Ministers are making the changes for children in England after a review of what is taught in schools.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Our expert-led Curriculum and Assessment Review has concluded.
Its recommendations will support this Labour government to build a system where every child can achieve and thrive.
A renewed system, fit for the future.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Its recommendations will support this Labour government to build a system where every child can achieve and thrive.
A renewed system, fit for the future.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
When young people are offered excuses rather than opportunities, they disengage. And we know what happens next.
Labour will renew Britain, and the path to renewal runs through our schools.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Labour will renew Britain, and the path to renewal runs through our schools.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Phillipson: Disengaged boys vulnerable to ‘dark forces whispering poison’ online
Speaking at a conference, the Education Secretary warned some children disengaged from school feel ‘not supported but betrayed’
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
When young people are offered excuses rather than opportunities, they disengage. And we know what happens next.
Labour will renew Britain, and the path to renewal runs through our schools.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Labour will renew Britain, and the path to renewal runs through our schools.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Over to Newton Aycliffe & Spennymoor CLP last night for their fundraising dinner with @alanstricklandmp.bsky.social
Proud to talk with members about the change Labour is bringing and the story we need to tell.
Proud to talk with members about the change Labour is bringing and the story we need to tell.
November 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Over to Newton Aycliffe & Spennymoor CLP last night for their fundraising dinner with @alanstricklandmp.bsky.social
Proud to talk with members about the change Labour is bringing and the story we need to tell.
Proud to talk with members about the change Labour is bringing and the story we need to tell.
The Tories’ legacy in education was ceilings made from dangerous concrete being held up by steel props. Fixing it will be Labour’s.
Children learning in safety, classrooms fit for purpose, every child shown that they matter.
My piece for @DailyMirror ✍️
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Children learning in safety, classrooms fit for purpose, every child shown that they matter.
My piece for @DailyMirror ✍️
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Every school will be free of dangerous concrete by end of this Parliament'
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says 'walls and ceilings made from dangerous concrete held up by steel props, shabby classrooms that tell children they simply don't matter'
www.mirror.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The Tories’ legacy in education was ceilings made from dangerous concrete being held up by steel props. Fixing it will be Labour’s.
Children learning in safety, classrooms fit for purpose, every child shown that they matter.
My piece for @DailyMirror ✍️
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Children learning in safety, classrooms fit for purpose, every child shown that they matter.
My piece for @DailyMirror ✍️
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The Tories left our schools to RAAC and ruin.
The next generation will inherit RAAC-free schools from Labour, with rebuilds done in under a decade and all other schools cleared of RAAC by the end of this Parliament.
That's national renewal.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The next generation will inherit RAAC-free schools from Labour, with rebuilds done in under a decade and all other schools cleared of RAAC by the end of this Parliament.
That's national renewal.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Bridget Phillipson calls time on dangerous RAAC concrete in schools
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said 'walls and ceilings made from dangerous concrete held up by steel props, shabby classrooms that tell children they simply don't matter'
www.mirror.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The Tories left our schools to RAAC and ruin.
The next generation will inherit RAAC-free schools from Labour, with rebuilds done in under a decade and all other schools cleared of RAAC by the end of this Parliament.
That's national renewal.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The next generation will inherit RAAC-free schools from Labour, with rebuilds done in under a decade and all other schools cleared of RAAC by the end of this Parliament.
That's national renewal.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...