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Wilson Welcomes Ryeish Green Applications
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Rob Wilson, Member of Parliament for Reading East, today welcomed Ryeish Green school’s application to Wokingham District Council to become an independent Trust School.
Mr Wilson said: “As a member of the Select Committee for Education I have carefully studied the advantages that being a Trust school can bring and I firmly advised Ryeish Green to take advantage of this status. "I am delighted it has followed my advice and put in an application to Wokingham District LEA to begin that process. I hope that it will be the beginning of many schools in Reading and Wokingham taking up the challenge of independence from their Local Education Authority.” Mr Wilson has visited Ryeish Green School and met with the Headteacher and staff and has also been in touch with the Chairman of Governors. He continued: “I have offered the school a lot of advice and it appears that it has been favourably received. Trust school status is only one part of the advice I have given, but it is up to the school to put that advice in the public domain when the time is right. "This is no time for cheap headlines. The most important job is to secure the long-term future of the school.” Mr Wilson has discussed the future of Ryeish Green School with Cllr Frank Browne, leader of Wokingham District Council, and made suggestions regarding the long-term future of the school in early November. Rob continued, “I have found Ryeish Green to be a much improved School, with good staff, doing a fine job for pupils in the area. Instability in recent years, caused partly by uncertainty about the school, has led to a drop in the number of pupils attending. "However, I also understand that Wokingham Council has a statutory duty to consult on the future of the school. The problem of falling numbers will continue as student numbers across the country will decline over the next decade and the Madejski Academy will continue to have an impact on it locally. "More young people will want to go to the Academy as it has new buildings, significant funding, and should progress well in the future.” “There are clearly ways for Ryeish Green to not merely survive, but to prosper, but it will take vision and determination. I hope that we can get co-operation across boundaries and that there will be no political opposition to forming a Trust School ,” Wilson concluded. 18th December 2006 |
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