The school which launched the Reeves sisters into politics would fail under Labour reforms, claim Tories

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The school which educated chancellor Rachel Reeves and her sister, the Labour chair Ellie Reeves, would have been held back by the reforms the government introduced this week, the Tories have claimed. A row has broken out after Ellie Reeves tweeted about Tory leader Kemi Badenoch visiting her old school - previously named Cator Park School for Girls, now Harris Girls’ Academy in Lewisham - to make her case for why changes introduced by education secretary Bridget Phillipson this week were wrong. Sadly, it is students like these that will suffer the most from Labour’s disastrous bill, sacrificed on the altar of ideology.” open image in gallery Badenoch and Trott visit Harris Academy School for Girls But a furious Ms Reeves tweeted: “This really sticks in the craw. It is exactly this type of turnaround that Labour’s Schools Bill is putting at risk.” open image in gallery Ellie and Rachel Reeves When she spoke to The Independent last September, Ms Reeves described how the school had been responsible for both her and her sister entering politics.