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

Students Encouraged to Apply for Work Experience with Airbus

An opportunity for buddying engineers and those interested in the aerospace sector is being made available for all students between the ages of 14-19 years old in Burnley and Padiham. Organised by the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world, Airbus is giving students the chance to attend a virtu

Antony's School Tour Continues at Whittlefield Primary School

Antony Higginbotham MP visits Whittlefield Primary School as part of his school tour. For the last few months he's been out and about visiting our local primary schools to talk about his role, hold ‘mock parliaments’ and encourage our young people to be interested in politics and democracy. T

A Better Start for Every Child

For me the very heart of levelling up is ensuring we have a world class education system that empowers people within our borough.

Ambitious reform for children and young people with SEND

After supporting a new Schools White Paper which will see all pupils who need extra help with learning in Burnley and Padiham given the support they need, Antony Higginbotham MP has welcomed the plans set out to improve the provisions in place for local SEND children. The new national plan announce

£90,000 to Provide Extra Disability Toilets in Burnley and Padiham

Burnley Borough Council will receive £90,000 of funding to deliver new Changing Places toilets as part of a £23.5 million national investment, the Government has confirmed. Changing Places toilets are larger accessible toilets for people who cannot use standard facilities.

Schools White Paper delivers real action to level up education

Any child who falls behind in maths or English will get the support they need to get back on track, as part of a pledge made by the Education Secretary today, as he launched the first Schools White Paper in six years. Commenting Burnley and Padiham Antony Higginbotham MP said: For me the very hea

Antony Higginbotham MP - Celebrating Apprenticeships

This week is National Apprenticeship Week where we celebrate all the achievements of those involved in learning trades within our borough. From the young engineers who will be designing and building the next-generation aeroplanes, to budding accountants, lab technicians, digital marketers.

Antony Holds Mock Parliament at St John’s Primary School

Pupils in Year 5 at St John’s Primary School in Burnley became the first class within the Borough to complete the local MP, Antony Higginbotham’s Parliamentary Learning Course this week. Started as a way to get more children engaged in politics it allows pupils to discuss ideas in a mock Parliament