Well that was fun!
Huge thanks to Luke Sibieta and Tom Richmond for joining Jess Staufenberg in a fascinating debate
Recording coming soon - watch this space!
Anthony Horowitz says parents choosing private schools are 'destroying their children' after his own experience there did 'incalculable damage' to him
Frankie Elliott for Daily Mail Online
Does this kind of language overstate the issue? Or is it accurate?
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Don’t forget our live event on Wednesday 17th to discuss The Labour Party’s private school tax plans.
Tom Richmond EDSK Luke Sibieta Institute for Fiscal Studies
7pm, link to register in pinned tweet
Private Education Policy Forum Frankie Elliott Daily Mail Online Let's be clear: Horowitz is talking about *boarding* not day schools which have a quite different psychosocial dynamic. I wish PEPF & Sutton Trust could get this into their heads. As Charles Spencer advocates, we should outlaw under-13 boarding. Piers Cross Suzanne Zeedyk
There's still time to register for our free online event on Labour's private school VAT plan with Luke Sibieta Institute for Fiscal Studies and Tom Richmond EDSK which kicks off at 7pm - link in the tweet below!
Ruby Hinchliffe The Telegraph Interested in the debate around how much Labour's plan is likely to raise, and how many children might move sector as a result?
Join Jess Staufenberg with Tom Richmond (@EDSKthinktank) & Luke Sibieta (@theifs) tomorrow evening at 7pm
Register for free 👇
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Research by Heidi Ashton suggests that 'the state has progressively marginalised the role of the arts in the public education system', while private schools have invested in them
How can we create a fairer system so all students' talents are valued?
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Private Education Policy Forum Bobby Angelov The Telegraph So only families of value (£) can have aspiration and talent ? That is clearly not true.
'The independent sector is where aspiration and talent are valued'
Bobby Angelov in The Telegraph [PAYWALL]
Those working in state education might have a few things to say about this claim, what do you make of it?
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For an in depth discussion of Labour's proposal and its financial impacts, join our event with Tom Richmond of EDSK and Luke Sibieta of Institute for Fiscal Studies next Wednesday 17th April at 7pm on Zoom
Limited spaces available - register for free below! 👇
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I'll be tuning into a debate hosted by Private Education Policy Forum from 7 about Labour's plan to add VAT to private school fees - follow below for updates
'An uncertain, and potentially impoverished, retirement'
Private schools are offering payments or increased salaries to teachers who agree to pull out of their gold-plated pension schemes, reports Callum Mason for i newspaper
Is this irresponsible?
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Private Education Policy Forum Ruby Hinchliffe The Telegraph No doubt a certain amount of scaremongering, but why lump boarding school Eton, serving oligarchs & the elite, in with a small *local* private day school? Melissa Benn Robert Verkaik Will Hutton
Steve Hall Private Education Policy Forum Wes Streeting MP The Labour Party I'm 2/3rds way through your excellent 'The Death of the Left'. I'm pretty sure we have to pitch the new tent in the field of national Green Social Democracy. Will revert when I've finished. joycemcmillan Prof Catherine Rowett 💚 Ex-MEP
Private Education Policy Forum Frankie Elliott Daily Mail Online As Simon Partridge points out, the headline should be boarding school. It's in the interests if both sides to muddy the water like this.
Stats T Private Education Policy Forum Wes Streeting MP The Labour Party Steve Hall Nicky Moxey 🧙♀️ Melissa Benn Robert Verkaik Fiona Millar I'll leave the details up to others with more expertise than me. Perhaps Private Education Policy Forum could organise a conference around this theme, with a good look at Finland & Denmark.
Dan Neidle Tim Jonas Private Education Policy Forum 2) none of markets you consider have a state-obligated actor providing 'free' products that heavily influences competition in the private market.