Mrs Elsie Blundell

Mrs Elsie Blundell

Labour — Heywood and Middleton North

Speaking in the House of Commons on 4 June 2026

Debate

Business of the House

Contribution

Pupils at St Cuthbert’s school are currently without teachers and support staff during their GCSEs. This follows prolonged industrial action at the St Teresa academy trust, where staff are opposing a potentially damaging restructuring of the school. As far as academies are concerned, the Department for Education appears to have little power to ensure that trusts engage meaningfully with parents. May we have an urgent debate on the Department’s ability to intervene in academy trusts, especially where trusts’ decisions are harming children’s attainment?

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