A Weston College project to gain 100 apprenticeship pledges from businesses in 100 days has reached its target 75 days early, earning praise from the town’s MP. Last month the college set about trying to secure 100 agreements from businesses in Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset for its students to take…
Somerset County Council has launched an online petition in a bid to get fairer funding from Government. The petition will ask Westminster to reconsider the funding of rural councils like Somerset. This is something John Penrose feels strongly about and has always fought for. Earlier this week, John took signed…
John Penrose MP has echoed calls from local headteachers who feel that the schools of Weston and the Villages need fairer funding if they are to maintain their excellent standards of education. When asked by The Mercury for his thoughts on whether the pupils of North Somerset ‘deserve better’, John…
Bournville school have written a short report following John’s visit to see some of the excellent work they’ve being doing that resulted in an SSAT Educational Outcomes Award: Today we welcomed John Penrose MP to [Bournville] school. Mr. Penrose had recently written us a lovely letter of congratulations for our…