Thank you Conference, and thank you Zahida. I owe you so much. More than I could ever say. More than I could ever put into words. Thank you. What you and the amazing teachers like you at my local state school believed, what I believe, what Labour believes, is that…

**CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY** Thank you very much. I am delighted to be here with you today. Thanks so much for the invitation. In my first weeks as secretary of state in this new government I have been resetting relationships across the length and breadth of education. I want to refresh…

**CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY** Thank you Caroline, thank you Geoff. Thank you also to all of you here today, for the amazing work you do across our schools and colleges, for the leadership you show and for the difference you make to so many lives. Before I go further, I am…