NEWHAM LEA SCHOOLS

Early day motion 216, tabled 20 January 1999 by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour). Signed by 14 members.

That this House congratulates Newham Local Education Authority, along with its teachers, parents and children, on being one of a small number of authorities inspected so far which successfully challenge the assumption that poverty and ethnic diversity must necessarily lead to failure at school; notes that the LEA and its schools offer a service which is improving year by year, with every expectation of further improvement in the future; and applauds this success brought about by the determination of the Council not to tolerate failure, the dynamic and imaginative professional leadership of the LEA, the steady rise in the education budget and the careful targeting of that increase on the changing priorities in education.

Signatures by party: Labour 14.