Education

We're delivering a new University campus and Institute of Technology to ensure young people have the skills needed for the 21st century; with schools supported to drive up aspiration.

We need to spread opportunity to unleash the potential of Burnley and Padiham. And that’s why I'm working to turn our borough into a North West leader in technology education.

  • Our community became great on cutting edge technology. We need to restore this focus. And make Burnley an Educational Improvement Zone.
  • Burnley College has taken leaps forward by becoming part of a new Institute of Technology. One of only 12 nationally.
  • UCLan is expanding higher education in the borough, offering thousands more places to feed in skills to the new National Cyber Force in the Ribble Valley.

News

Antony Visits Springfield Primary School

Year 5 pupils at Springfield Community Primary School got a taste of political life as they welcomed local MP Antony Higginbotham and Burnley Borough Councillor Jamie McGowan to school. The morning was full of questions and answers as the MP explained how Parliament worked and then acted as Speaker

Education Equals Opportunities

If you look at all the great things that our country has achieved throughout its history the foundations have always been education. It’s why so much credence is paid to international league tables for education.

Burnley College Awarded £5.8 million Funding Boost

The Government is investing almost £490 million in extra funding to boost skills training and upgrade colleges and universities across the country. £432 million in extra funding will deliver state of the art university and college facilities at 100 providers, including new medical suits and cutting

Antony Unveils Winners of his Christmas Card Competition

Two schoolchildren win Antony Higginbotham’s Christmas Card competition. Lucy Brady, a year 9 pupil at Broadfield Specialist School and Archie Williamson, a year 4 pupil at St John’s Primary School in Cliviger have both won the competition After receiving well over one and half thousand entries f

Trainee Teachers of STEM Subjects to receive bursaries of up to £27,000

Local MP Antony Higginbotham has welcomed the boost in tax-free bursaries and scholarships for trainee teachers in high priority subjects from next year. The Government is investing in supporting aspiring teachers starting their training in September 2023, to attract and retain the best talent in h

Antony Welcomes Government Minister to Burnley Youth Theatre

Antony welcomed the Minister responsible for Sports and Arts to meet with staff and volunteers at Burnley Youth Theatre. A recipient of funding from the Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund BYT is going from strength to strength with rehearsals for their Christmas show already underway.

We need better youth provision

The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme which has been running across the borough this summer has proved to be a huge success.