Please see details below of the next discussion meeting.
Dronfield Labour Party Discussion Meeting
Topic: What might the Education Policy and Practice of an incoming Labour Government look like?
Speaker: Alan Thomas
Time: 8pm to 9.15pm
Date: Sunday 10th February
Venue: Contact Club, Snape Hill Lane, Dronfield, S18 2GJ.
Alan Thomas has been an active member of the Labour party for most of his adult life and is currently a member of Dronfield Branch. He spent 40 years working in schools and was a successful Headteacher in Sunderland and Durham in former mining communities. He has been an active member of the NUT. He also conducted research on Parental and Pupil Choice and campaigned against Grant Maintained status. Having served for 40 years as a governor in various schools, he is at present Chair of a Dronfield school governors.
He will address us on the topic of education policy and practice of an incoming Labour government. He will begin by giving an overview of education policy since 2010, touching on Academies and Free schools, school funding and the role of local authorities. He will present an analysis of current Labour Party education policy based on the 2017 Manifesto, the outcomes of Labour Conference 2018 and speeches by the Shadow Minister of Education.
He finish by discussing what the discussion group's priorities are for future Labour party policy and how we can help to shape it.
Hope to see you all there!
Rosie Smith
Dronfield Labour Party Political Education Officer
