This Thank a Teacher Day, Wednesday 19 June, Andrew Stephenson MP has paid tribute to teachers across Pendle, whose hard work means that more children are gaining the education they need to get on in life.
The day is an annual opportunity to celebrate the huge difference teachers make to their students’ lives and recognise how their hard work has improved standards in schools across the country.
114 more schools in Lancashire are now rated good or outstanding than in 2010, whilst 1.9 million more children are attending good or outstanding schools nationally. Thanks to the dedication of our teachers, children’s reading and writing skills have improved, with 82% of 6-year olds reading well now compared to only 58% in 2012.
These higher standards in our schools will transform children’s chances in life, and are impossible without the work of teachers, teachers’ assistants and support staff who all play an important role in delivering a world-class education for every child.
This Conservative Government is committed to supporting teachers, having grown the workforce by 10,000 since 2010 and introduced a new Retention and Recruitment Strategy to attract more people into teaching and ensure their workloads are reasonable. The Strategy will make it easier to become a teacher, reward teachers financially for staying on and launch a new two-year package of training and support for teachers at the beginning of their career, backed by £130 million year.
Commenting, Mr Stephenson said: “An inspirational teacher has a profound effect – not only on students’ academic achievements, but on their self-confidence and ambition too.
“There can be no great schools without great teachers and I am consistently struck by the passion and dedication of teachers working in schools across Pendle – ensuring that all our children can fulfil their potential.”
