Comprehensive school pupils get ‘inadequate education’, Kit Malthouse wrote in student paper
The TelegraphThe new Education Secretary suggested people who went to comprehensives were poorly educated and Labour MPs are "in the main thick”, whereas Tory MPs are “highly educated” in a letter written to his student newspaper. Kit Malthouse said a fellow student's "ill-phrased, ponderous letter" was "obviously written by someone with a less than adequate education”, which “probably” meant they went to a “comprehensive" school. Bridget Phillipson, Labour’s shadow education secretary, said: “After 12 years of a Conservative Government that has failed children in state schools, these are unfortunate comments to come to light. “Parents of state school pupils will want reassurances that the new Secretary of State doesn’t still hold these views, and that he will be stretching every sinew so that every child can get a brilliant state education.” Prior to starting in his new job, Mr Malthouse has said very little publicly on education since he was elected an MP in 2015.
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