Meeting with the Education Secretary to Discuss Expansion Project for Local School

Robert Carre Trust

I had a meeting with the Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson, today to discuss the importance of the Robert Carre Trust's expansion proposals for a co-educational grammar school in Sleaford, which will be capable of serving around 1,600 students in the local area, with expansion capacity of up to around 2000. The Prime Minister has just announced a ten-year rebuilding programme for schools, starting with 50 projects in 2020-21, supported by over £1 billion in funding, and I have already called for this project to be funded through the programme. I am pleased that the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, will now come to see the site and discuss the plans directly.

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