Nick Gibb
@NickGibbUK
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Former Schools Minister. Former Member of Parliament for Bognor Regis & Littlehampton
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Joined February 2015
RT @MrDavidScales: Just had the most amazing day at @mcsbrent, it was the most complete realisation of a school that I have experienced. 🧵
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Back with the old gang, in a panel session at the BETT conference this afternoon, discussing teacher recruitment, curriculum, AI, and special needs education.With me, Lord Knight @RtHonRobHalfon @MaryWBousted . Ably chaired by @miss_mcinerney #bett2025
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Yet another article articulating powerful arguments against the retrograde and destructive Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Read my article in the @Daily_Express on why we must not allow this Labour Government to destroy our academy schools
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Tuesday finished joyfully at Pizza Express High Holborn @pizzajazzclub with the Old Dirty Brasstards jazz band. Pizza and jazz, just great.
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Tuesday started with an inspirational meeting with Mouhssin Ismail, Chief Standards Officer at City of London Academies Trust. He was the founding head of Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, with 96% A*-B grades at A Level in 2024. @Mouhssin_Ismail
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Applause for Sir Simon Rattle and the @londonsymphony Orchestra on Wednesday evening after their brilliant performance of Brahms’s 4th Symphony. Half Six Fix concerts @BarbicanCentre are an uplifting end to a working day and last just one hour. #HalfSixFix
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Having hoped that Labour would build on the Conservative school reforms which have resulted in significant progress in international league tables, ministers are adopting an ideological agenda which fails to learn lessons from cognitive science.
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Today I visited the Sancta Maria International School in Hyderabad at the invitation of Mahender Reddy, CEO of St Mary’s Educational Society. This is an excellent K-12 school that teaches the Cambridge International Curriculum. @SanctaMaria_Hyd @reddybmahender
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Christmas has begun. Tonight at the Barbican to hear the Choir of King’s College Cambridge with Director of Music Daniel Hyde; the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Philharmonia Orchestra. @BarbicanCentre @philharmonia @ChoirOfKingsCam
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RT @EDTvoice: We’re looking forward to hearing from the Rt Hon @NickGibbUK, former MP and schools minister for England and our Internationa…
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Spoke today at the amazing ARISE education conference in New Delhi on the importance of a knowledge-rich curriculum, & systematic synthetic phonics in the teaching of reading. I may also have mentioned that England was 4th in the world in reading in the PIRLS. @arise_edu
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Wonderful visit yesterday to the Sancta Maria International School in Faridabad, New Delhi, hosted by Mahender Reddy, CEO of the St Mary’s Educational Society. A great Q&A session with students - intelligent and informed questions. @reddybmahender
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When Progress 8 was introduced I don’t think we anticipated schools achieving a score above 2! Congratulations to all the staff in schools delivering such astounding progress and achieving GCSE results that will transform the life chances of their pupils.
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RT @dmthomas90: TIMSS 2023 is out! And England has done well. Year 5 maths scores have held despite the pandemic, and Year 9 scores have in…
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Enjoyed speaking at UNESCO’s Global Alliance on the Science of Learning for Education in Paris this morning, introducing our draft report. Hugely interesting questions that followed. @UNESCO @SoniaGuerriero @BorheneC
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Looking forward to speaking at UNESCO’s Global Alliance on the Science of Learning for Education in Paris later this morning. @UNESCO @SoniaGuerriero @BorheneC
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Great to visit the Craven Museum in Skipton, short-listed for the Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2024. Here with the museum’s Curator, Jenny Hill, in the museum store rooms - where more interesting artefacts are kept. @CravenMuseum @SkiptonTownHall @artfund
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