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Robbie Moore MP welcomes Government support to give every child across Keighley and Ilkley access to a high-quality remote education

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Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
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Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore has welcomed the measures the Government has put in place to ensure every student across Keighley and Ilkley receives a high-quality remoted education while schools are closed.

Throughout the pandemic, education has been a national priority, and thanks to the efforts of teachers and school staff across the country, schools remain the best, and safest place for our children to learn.

However, with our country in alert level 5, the highest it has ever been, the closure of schools is now necessary to keep the new variant of the virus under control. While there is no substitute for learning in a classroom, the Government has strengthened measures to ensure every child has access to a high-quality remote education.

As part of the Government’s commitment that no child is left behind, it is providing a million laptops and tablets for schools to allocate locally to students who need  them most. To date, it has delivered over 560,000 devices to councils in England, with students in Keighley and Ilkley benefitting from the 1,413 devices provided to schools and colleges across the Bradford District with a further 100,000 arriving this week nationally.

In tackling the barriers to remote learning for our most vulnerable students, over 54,000 4G routers to have been delivered to schools and colleges in England, ensuring every child has internet access. The Government is building on this work through its partnership with the UK’s leading mobile phone providers, including EE, Three, O2 and Vodafone, to deliver free internet access for these students until July 2021.

The Government has also strengthened remote education requirements for schools, which will be enforced by Ofsted, so parents can be reassured that their children will benefit from a set number of hours of high-quality remote learning a day. Since the start of the pandemic, over £300 million has been invested to help schools and colleges as they transition to remote education provision.

Commenting, Robbie Moore said: “The difficult decision to close schools and colleges was not taken lightly but is necessary if we are to keep the new variant of the virus at bay across Keighley and Ilkley and across the country.

“While nothing can ever replace the benefits of learning in a classroom for our children and young people, we will continue to do everything we can to make sure they have access to a high-quality remote education so they can receive the world class education that they deserve”.

Commenting, Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson said: “The last thing any Education Secretary wants to do is close schools and this is not a decision that the government ever wanted to take. But the closing of schools for the majority of pupils does not mean the end of their education.

“Schools and colleges are much better prepared to deliver online learning – with the delivery of a million devices well underway, data support and high-quality video lessons available via the Oak National Academy.”

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