Anna Firth is a co-founder of the online learning platform Invicta Academy and a member of the education select committee. The Conservative MP tells Jess Staufenberg how her teacher mother inspired her – and why she wants the ban on grammar schools lifted
“And that’s 246 students now, Mr Cole! You can start.”
Teaching assistant Sheila Shah beams out from my screen. Also on this 10am Zoom is maths teacher Walter Cole, a buoyant Australian, who beams back.
