10:30AM, Monday 19 April 2021
THERESA MAY has accepted an invitation to visit Robert Piggott junior and infant schools in Wargave.
The former prime minister and Maidenhead MP has agreed to talk to staff about education funding on Friday, April 23.
Executive headteacher Elaine Hughes said small schools in particular had very little “wriggle room” in their finances to spend on additional resources for children.
With the help of their parent-teacher association, the schools had been able to provide trips and recently carried out building repairs that they would not have been able to afford otherwise. However, more work needed to be done.
Mrs Hughes said she hoped to put her case to Mrs May, adding: “We aim to showcase the challenges we face and — despite the amazing work we do to overcome these — how many remain a disadvantage to us.”
She said the classroom sizes in the junior school were small and the roof leaked.
The outdoor classroom was “no longer adequate for a 21st century education”.
Most read
High river levels around Henley Bridge
Top Articles
A MAN from Henley was arrested on suspicion of murder on Sunday after a man was seriously injured in Dorset and later died in hospital.
Stock image
Flood warnings are in place on stretches of the River Thames following a period of heavy rainfall.
Playday nursery sites in Milestone Way and Hemdean Road notified parents on Monday evening of the closure, which Reading Borough Council has told the BBC could last until February 22.
© Copyright 2024 Baylis Community Media CIC All right reserved
