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.
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'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!
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.
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.