Happy Birthday, Schools!
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The 1944 Education Act introduced free secondary education for all pupils, but only came about thanks to a meeting with Winston Churchill leaning back in bed wearing a night cap.
Matt looks at the impact of the reforms and how schools have changed since with Michael Barber, Joan Bakewell, Britain's oldest teacher and Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson.
Plus: Columnists Manveen Rana and Matthew Bell react to Rishi Sunak's warning to the House of Lords not to block the Rwanda bill, and ITV's Anushka Asthana explains what it was like filming with Keir Starmer for three months.
Columnist Panel (03:10)
Happy Birthday, Schools! (22:10)
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| 0:56.0 | Square Up Pure Up Limited is Politics Without the Boring Bits. Coming up on today's episode, Happy Birthday to Schools. We mark 80 years since |
| 1:16.6 | the 1944 Education Act with Dame Joan Bakewell who was there at the time as a student. We speak to Britain's |
| 1:23.7 | oldest teacher, Mr Jones, and we look to the future with Shadow Education |
| 1:27.8 | Secretary Bridget Philipson. Really fascinating chat about just the changing |
| 1:31.0 | life of what happens in the classroom. |
| 1:34.0 | We'll also have Ma'amveen Rana and Matthew Bell |
| 1:36.6 | taking a look at Wishe Sunak's victory lap |
| 1:39.5 | after his Rwanda bill passed the Commons, |
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