This morning the team and I had the pleasure of visiting Hacton Primary in Hornchurch and talking to some of the pupils there about their work on the First and Second World Wars. The students read remarkable poetry to me and showed me pictures of spitfires they had drawn.

This morning the team and I had the pleasure of visiting Campion School, Wingletye Lane, and talking to head teacher, Mr Williams, and head of governors, Patrick Davis.

14 trainees of this year’s intake to become qualified teachers, through Havering Train2Teach, celebrated their graduation at a ceremony in Upminster today.

A letter I signed, along with six other 2017 colleagues, featured on the front page of this morning's Daily Telegraph. The text is below:

Hall Mead recently chose its new cohort of school prefects, and I was glad to meet the team of exceptional pupils on a visit to the school this morning. I had arranged to visit Hall Mead as part of my aim to understand the opportunities and challenges facing our local schools, and to offer help i

The team and I had a wonderful afternoon visiting Langtons Infant and Junior Schools in Hornchurch today, and I was grilled by the Junior School's impressive Learner Council about my life in politics and the issues affecting children in the area.

We had the pleasure of visiting Corbets Tey School today to speak to the senior leadership team about special educational needs (SEN) provision in Havering and to see the fantastic new extension of the school, provided by an extremely generous local builder. 

Today I was honoured to meet the elected Prime Minister and school parliament of Benhurst Primary School in Elm Park as part of their project on British values. 

This morning the team and I had the pleasure of visiting the new school farm at Mead Primary, Harold Hill, and talking to some of the pupils there about what they learn from caring for the farm animals.

This morning I met Havering College's Principal, Maria Thompson, to discuss the best model for providing skills and training to young people and adult learners across the borough in future.