Estelle Morris
Estelle Morris
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, PCis a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliamentfor Birmingham Yardley from 1992 to 2005, and served briefly in the Cabinet as Education Secretary...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
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I am confident that the vast majority of teachers will work with us towards achieving that goal.
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There is a shortage of teachers but the January 2001 schools census showed that teacher numbers were at their highest level than at any time since 1984 - and 11,000 higher than 1997.
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Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so.
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My focus and that of all members of the Government responsible for delivering services to the public is to make sure that the public sector can use all the skills it needs to do the job the public wants it to do.
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The need for improved technical support in schools has expanded as the Government and schools have increased their investment in information and communications technologies.
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I want to give producers more financial security.
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I was head of the Sixth Form Centre when I left the school.
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This government has always said increasing pay is something for something.
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By creating useful job descriptions and making clear what qualifications should be expected, the Department aims to help improve schools' ability to recruit the right people.
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It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility.
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There is nothing wrong with becoming more ambitious along the way, but I think what the government has asked the council to do is a perfectly good starting point.