The government committed to the creation of an EHE register as part of its schools white paper which was scrapped by Rishi Sunak late last year.
Speaking to CYP Now, Robin Walker, who was elected to the position in November after Robert Halfon was named as skills minister, said this should remain the “utmost priority” for Education Secretary Gillian Keegan.
The MP for Worcester, who was schools minister in 2021/22, that while there were “a number of things” included in the schools white paper that he “wasn’t sad to see the back of”, losing momentum on a legislative EHE was the “key disappointment” when it was shelved in December.
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