Joy has successfully secured funding from the government to upgrade some of our local school buildings. Joy has also been active in promoting Buckinghamshire’s excellent education system and protecting our grammar schools.
This week Joy Morrissey MP has written to all local schools inviting them to take part in the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition, in this Platinum Jubilee year.
Each year, young people write on a theme that explores the Commonwealth’s values and principles.
Great to visit The Gerrards Cross CE School on Friday and answer some very astute questions from Year 6!
Schools like this must be able to focus on serving their local community and I will be supporting them in finding solutions to current traffic issues.
Yesterday I visited High March in Beaconsfield - an incredible reflection of the Beaconsfield community, history and heritage - an independent girls school founded in 1926 and still owned by the same local Beaconsfield family since WWII.
I was so impressed with their art department, talented studen
I am in Parliament today, where we are considering Private Members' bills.
Our first debate was on career guidance in schools, which I know can make a massive difference to the life chances of our young people.
Speaking in support of the Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill.
I've been so impressed with the entries I have received from local schools for my Christmas card competition.
Last week, we sorted through and picked out the finalists. The fantastic Christmas Paradise from Foxes Piece School in Marlow, with Rudolph front and centre, is the winner!
A truly inspiring visit with year 6 students at St Peters C of E Primary in Burnham.
The students wanted to talk to me about a memorial to Lord Grenville at the site of his burial at St Peter’s Church is Burnham.
The students asked for William Grenville to be properly recognised and commemorated f
Young people have sacrificed so much throughout the pandemic to protect the old and vulnerable. So it is only right that any recovery focuses on their priorities, such as education, jobs, and the kickstart scheme.
My question to the Leader of the House.
The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill is important to preserve, or perhaps rebuild, a culture of open and free exchange in our universities. Constructive debate and the formation of new ideas are not possible when a single narrow ideological view is enforced.
Brilliant to see Marlow Mayor Richard Scott thanking Year Two children from Marlow C of E Infant School for their day of public service in May Balfour Garden. The children were planting bulbs, cleaning benches and litter picking, with refreshments provided by the Town Council.
Fantastic news that Wooburn Green Primary School will be one of the recipients of the Department for Education on £483 million Condition Improvement Fund. This is much needed funding to make improvements to school buildings, helping create the best environment for the children to learn.
