I think technical education and vocational skills and having a trade mean something. — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Our higher education admissions process is neither fair nor effective. — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
I believe Ofsted measures poverty. It measures deprivation. It doesn't measure excellence. — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
To give every child a fair chance to succeed, we need to give them the best possible start in life. For far… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Grammar schools are about stigmatising children, not on the grounds of their ability, but on their background. — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
We need to focus on helping EVERY child to get a world-class education in EVERY school in this country. — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Underestimating grades has serious consequences for a student's choice of university, and their future. — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Surely in a country that works for everyone ensuring that everyone has access to an excellent education should be the first priority… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Only Labour will provide the radical changes needed to create a free, fair and funded education system, which protects education as a… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Free school meals for all children, no matter what their background, will improve the education and health of our children. — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
My job is making sure that every child gets a good school place. If there is a particular disadvantage to a community,… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Private schools are gaming the system. There is way too much state money going in, and people who go to private schools… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
I wanted to be the best mum I could be. I just wanted the means to be able to help myself. And,… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
We need a sustainable system of student finance that promotes opportunity, encourages aspiration, increases social mobility and is governed by fairness. But… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Working-class students more often lack the advice, guidance and support needed to navigate the tricky application process, whereas their wealthy peers at… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Maintenance grants, a proud Labour achievement which made it easier for children from lower and middle income families to go to university,… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
People are still programmed to think that if your child doesn't get straight As, get A-levels and go to a Russell Group… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Some of the Tories say, 'She left school at 16, she doesn't have a university degree, what does she know about education?'… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Students from disadvantaged backgrounds will have the most debt, and then, being less likely than their affluent peers to go straight into… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
The evidence shows that grammar schools overwhelmingly benefit those from more affluent backgrounds. — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
The graduate earnings premium, used by the Tories to justify many of their regressive higher education policies, is fast becoming a myth. — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Our admissions system should be a vehicle for justice, but it is failing working-class students, especially those who are the first in… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
The way I want to try and end private schools is by making our national education service so good you wouldn't want… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Mum grew up in Wythenshawe, one of 12. My mum didn't really go to school and didn't see the need for education,… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
My mum didn't understand that education was an important thing. She couldn't do my homework with me. I was helping her read… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
I was born on a council estate with a mum who, despite doing everything she could for me, couldn't help me learn… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
The way I want to try and end private schools is by making our national education service so good you wouldn't want to waste… — Angela Rayner Copy Share
We can't have children growing up feeling unloved - the price is too high for that. — Angela Rayner Copy Share
You'd be surprised how many politicians have a working class background but they get it beaten out of them. — Angela Rayner Copy Share
I understand that every parent wants the best for their child because I want the best for my children too. — Angela Rayner Copy Share
Surely in a country that works for everyone ensuring that everyone has access to an excellent education should be the first priority of any… — Angela Rayner Copy Share
We had poverty in our house. Even on the council estate I knew I was one of the poorer kids. I used to go… — Angela Rayner Copy Share
If you want to underestimate me because I speak like a Mancunian, like the people I grew up with, then so be it at… — Angela Rayner Copy Share
School, for me, was not a place where you went to be educated, but a place where you got away from your parents for… — Angela Rayner Copy Share
We need a sustainable system of student finance that promotes opportunity, encourages aspiration, increases social mobility and is governed by fairness. But all the… — Angela Rayner Copy Share
Building a country that worked for everyone was supposed to be about supporting ordinary working class families, which is exactly what Labour's plan to… — Angela Rayner Copy Share
People are still programmed to think that if your child doesn't get straight As, get A-levels and go to a Russell Group university, that… — Angela Rayner Copy Share
Inherently I think the goodness in most people, we get a warm sense of satisfaction if we help someone, it makes you feel better. — Angela Rayner Copy Share
Half of those people who experience mental health difficulties do so before the age of 14. The problems begin early - so early interventions… — Angela Rayner Copy Share
I don't want to stick a sticking plaster on it, I don't want to fix children once the system's broken them, I want to… — Angela Rayner Copy Share
