Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Pat Glass (Labour), on Thursday, 4 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 14 members in total.

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EDUCATION IN CONSETT, NORTH WEST DURHAM

That this House rejects the comments made by the Secretary of State for Education in the Guardian on Friday 1 October 2010, regarding educationin Consett, North West Durham, which implied that children in the area are not currently being academically stretched in school; congratulates Consett Community Sports College and Moorside Community Technology College for its excellent exam results and academic performance; notes that in 2010, 63 per cent. of year 11 leavers at Moorside Community College and 57 per cent.at Consett Community Sports Collegegained five or more GCSE grades of A*-C including English and mathematics; further congratulates the head teachers, staff and children in Consett for all their hard work and success and wishes them well in the future; and calls on the Coalition Government to release the funding for the much-wanted and prepared-for academy school for the area, putting an end to the anxious wait of all concerned.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

959 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Lord Beamish

Baroness Chapman of Darlington

Mary Glindon

Ian Mearns

Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay

Subjects

Schools

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk