I was pregnant when I left school, so I needed income support. I didn't even have functional skills, not even GSCEs in… — 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
Give children healthy food and they behave better at school, concentrate more in class and perform better in exams. — 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
I'm a mum and I hate the thought of any child going a whole day at school without a healthy meal. — 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
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
From 13/14 I was always hanging about with older boys. Boys in school used to call me names. But outside older boys… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
School, for me, was not a place where you went to be educated, but a place where you got away from your… — 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
I've met many lesbian, gay and trans activists who've told me what they face, sometimes even within the school gates: hate crime,… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
My school, we affectionately nicknamed it Avonjail, but it was called Avondale, Avondale high school in Stockport. I left with no GCSEs… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
At 16, out of school and pregnant, my own life could have been written off. It was the help I had from… — 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
