Supporting Education and Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

I have had many constituents who have children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) contact me about support and advice for them and their children as they try to negotiate the education, welfare and care system for their families.Families with children who have additional needs ar

The last week has seen children return to school and Parliamentarians return to Westminster after the summer break. There have been some (positive) changes for schools locally. Ingatestone Infants and Juniors go back to the same schools but now under Academy status, and I wish the staff and pu

  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking today on the steps of Downing Street, said: (Checked against delivery) “In the last five years our country has fought through the most challenging times since the Second World War. As I stand here as your Prime Minister, I can’t help but reflect that my

Having written for the Brentwood Gazette last week about the amazing trip to China being planned for students at the Anglo European School and Becket Keys school who are studying Mandarin through the Mandarin Excellence programme, and the week before about the magnificent building work carried out a

Students from two of Brentwood’s secondary school – the Anglo European School in Ingatestone and Becket Keys School – are preparing for what might be a record-breaking school trip, as they join two thousand young people heading off to China in July this year. The Year 9 pupils are studying Mandarin

Brentwood Gazette Article from Alex Burghart MP: Brentwood County High School pupils are fortunate to have a magnificent 1920s building at the heart of their school; a classic classrooms and stone corridors set around two quadrangles.

In recent weeks I have been knocking on doors in some of Brentwood and Ongar’s villages, chatting to local residents about the issues which matter to them.

As someone who stands up and makes speeches for a living – in Parliament, on constituency visits and after-dinner events – and having previously been a teacher, I was extremely pleased to be invited to help judge a public speaking competition for local primary school children, held at Moreton Primar

I know my Brentwood and Ongar constituency has a strong collection of young female footballers who've been inspired by an historic 18 months in which the Lionesses have become EURO champions and World Cup finalists. The Football Association has been in touch to say its ambitious target for 75% of s

I recently met up with the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, and my fellow Essex MP, Rob Halfon, to discuss our mutual interest in delivering the Government’s apprenticeship system. I did the job Rob is now doing for a year, and was immensely impressed by the enthusiasm of