Education Secretary declares Britain's state schools are her 'priority' amid private school controversy
Labour's Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has acknowledged declining standards in UK schools but expressed determination to improve the situation.
Speaking to GB News, Phillipson admitted it is "undeniably true that we are going backwards where it comes to those PISA scores" - a measure of how well students perform in maths, reading and science.
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