Good morning, everyone. It’s a real privilege to be here. Thank you to the whole CST team for bringing us together today.   And thank you, Leora, for inviting me to speak this morning, and thank you for your outstanding leadership in the sector. Your passion for social justice really is…

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…