Teach First

Just 2 days left to sign up for this year’s Heads Forward School Leadership Summit!

If you're a headteacher, senior leader, or aspiring school leader, this event is for you.

Enjoy school visits, dynamic workshops, and a networking dinner — all designed to inspire, equip, and empower you as a leader. 🤝

🔗 Secure your spot before 27 February: https://www.teachfirst.org.uk/events/heads-forward-school-leadership-summit-2026

We had a fantastic school visit with Ian Sollom MP. 👏

We discussed all things related to our Training Programme and observed some of our brilliant trainee teachers in action at our partner school Ernulf Academy. 💙

Here is my weekly roundup of highlights from last week in Parliament and across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. 👇

✔️ Marked Apprenticeship Week, meeting apprentices from across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire, such as Jamie who is completing an electrical course at Marshall in Cambridge, and others from Domino Printing Sciences in Bar Hill.

✔️ Visited Longsands and Ernulf for my half-termly catch up with school leadership. At Ernulf, I was delighted to meet staff completing their Teach First training, who told me about their experience of getting stuck in with first-hand teaching right from the start.

✔️ Pressed the Secretary of State for Transport to recognise the crisis we are facing with our roads in Cambridgeshire, and urgently provide funding that specifically recognises the unique geology of fen roads that makes them so susceptible to potholes.

✔️ Supported The Dad Shift’s campaign highlighting the limits of Statutory Paternity Pay by signing their ‘Two Weeks Isn’t Enough’ Valentine’s Day card to the Department for Business and Trade.

✔️ Visited Frederic Smart & Son Ltd, a family-owned food ingredients trading company established in 1906 and based in Papworth. We spoke about the difficulties of recruitment in logistics, and their concerns about the increased costs across the business.

✔️ Supported Dave Young at his 60s, 70s & 80s soul night at Eynesbury Rovers FC to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK, and raise awareness about his upcoming PSA testing event on the 7th March.

✔️ Held my regular MP surgery online, listening to the concerns of local residents and advising them on help I can give.

If you need my help or would like to speak to me about an issue, please email me at [email protected] and a member of my team will be in touch.

Hello Teach First trainees and ambassadors! 👋

Join us at one of our local events for a chance to:

▪️Hear from inspirational local ambassadors doing incredible work in the classroom – and beyond
▪️Widen your professional network through connections
▪️Learn more about mission-aligned opportunities available to you

👉 Sign up here: https://ow.ly/L2vj50Y4Lr5