The Westminster Education Forum aims to provide the premier environment for policy makers in Parliament, Whitehall and government agencies to engage with key stakeholders. These include education professionals, parents and learners, industry representatives and their advisors, interest groups, local authorities, the voluntary sector and academia, along with members of the reporting press.

In planning its programme of events, the Forum consults parliamentarians, senior departmental officials, regulators, industry representatives and major interest groups.

The Westminster Education Forum is completely impartial and has no policy agenda of its own. While we are grateful for the support and advice on themes that we receive from sponsors, all editorial decisions remain with the Forum in order to maintain impartiality.

Should you have any booking queries, please email jayne.cole@westminsterforumprojects.co.uk.

In Production

The following issues are being considered for future events:

• Future of the FE sector
• Graduate employment
• Young people's lifestyles
• The future of foreign languages in schools
• Early years
• Vocational qualifications
• The future of the teaching workforce
• Employer engagement with education
• Maths in schools and society
• NEETs
• Regulation of the education sector
• Discipline in the classroom
• The future of Higher Education - responding to the Browne recommendations
• School governance and accountability
• Vulnerable children
• The role and remit of the Children's Commissioner
• Child protection - next steps

Core Sponsors

The core sponsors of the Westminster Education Forum are Innovation Unit.

Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum

David Amess MP, Rt Hon the Lord Baker of Dorking, Annette Brooke MP, Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP, Baroness Buscombe, Douglas Carswell MP, Christopher Chope OBE MP, Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP, Ann Coffey MP, Edward Davey MP, Nadine Dorries MP, David Evennett MP, Tim Farron MP, Professor the Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Chris Grayling MP, John Hayes MP, David Heath CBE MP, Charles Hendry MP, Mark Hoban MP, Helen Jones MP, Eric Joyce MP, Lord Laming, Earl of Listowel, Ian Lucas MP, Baroness Maddock, Gordon Marsden MP, Baroness Massey of Darwen, Ann McKechin MP, Greg Mulholland MP, Meg Munn MP, Lord Newby, Stephen O'Brien MP, Baroness Perry of Southwark, Lord Puttnam CBE, Baroness Seccombe DBE, Andrew Selous MP, Baroness Sharp of Guildford, Andrew Turner MP, Joan Walley MP, Baroness Walmsley, Dr Alan Whitehead MP, Mark Williams MP, Stephen Williams MP, Rob Wilson MP and Tim Yeo MP. Note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum