Supporting Our Schools

I remained in close contact with all the schools across Chelmsford through covid and am deeply impressed by their resilience, professionalism and commitment during these most difficult of years.

Our schools, colleges and university are exceptional. I fight for fairer funding for all.

Essex MPs successfully campaigned for fairer funding for our schools and in 2022 funding for our Chelmsford schools will increase by over 6%,  well up on the national average of 4%.

I was enormously honoured to join the Government as Minister for Children and Families in February 2020. I remained in close contact with the heads across Chelmsford and am deeply impressed by their resilience, professionalism and commitment during this most difficult of years. In September 2021 during a government reshuffle, I became Minister for Africa at the Foreign Office.

In November 2022,  I wrote to all the Heads of Chelmsford Schools as I understand that we are in very challenging times and that there are many additional pressures facing schools.

Before the recent Autumn Statement in November 2022, I was one of 28 Conservative MPs who wrote to the Chancellor urging him to increase school funding. 

I am very pleased that it was confirmed in the Autumn Statement that schools as well as the NHS will receive additional funding.

 

 

News

A Week In The Life Of

At the beginning of this year, I met with a group of sixth form students from one of Chelmsford’s schools.  Before answering the questions they had prepared for me, I asked them for their advice.  Taking over the classroom white board, I wrote a list of issues that I had been asked to help resolv

RAAC concrete update

I know many parents and children may be worried about the RAAC concrete situation affecting some of our schools. Today the minister responsible for school buildings, Baroness Barran, visited Chelmsford. She went to see the work that has been carried out at Springfield Primary School.

Work Experience Progamme July 2023

In the middle of July, I was joined by a large group of young people from across Chelmsford for my summer work experience programme.

A week in the life of Vicky Ford MP

For a new piece of law to pass through Parliament it needs to be debated and scrutinised at a number of different stages, including debates and votes in both the House of Commons and Lords which all members can take part in.  It also goes through a “Committee” stage when the bill is scrutinised b

A Week In The Life Of

Parliamentary terms tend to mirror those of our schools and this week Parliament has been in recess over half term.  MPs often chose to do different things with this time.  Maybe its an overseas visit, or a chance to catch up with a project, time in the constituency or perhaps a break.   I spent

A Week In The Life Of

As ever this week has brought a mixture of local, national and international issues. 

Bikeability Course with Chelmsford schoolchildren

 It was wonderful to meet Chelmsford children doing a Bikeability course in Springfield recently.

Last year, Bikeability trained nearly half a million children, helping to deliver a manifesto promise which will help keep people safe in our roads and reduce congestion.

 

A Week In The Life Of

I had a very special start to this week in Westminster, a week in which I have been focusing on children and young people.