Tuesday, 17 March 2015

School places crisis

Former Middlewich High Headteacher, Martin Forster, has warned of a potential school places crisis if the council doesn't act now.

Martin, now a Labour council candidate for Middlewich, says: ''We have great schools in Middlewich providing an excellent education for local children, but that is under threat from overcrowding. Cheshire East schools are already oversubscribed by 10% and that situation is only going to be made worse with all the new houses being built. It will be my priority, if I am elected as your councillor, to

prevent us going back to the dark days of Margaret Thatcher - a time of overcrowded classrooms and scarce resources. Labour fixed that in Government, with Middlewich getting two brand new primary schools at Park Road and St Mary's and extensions at Cledford.

I've worked with the Independent councillors and, whilst they're nice people, they don't have the clout to sort out these big issues. As headteacher at Middlewich we replaced and upgraded many old buildings and facilities, as well as improving sports facilities with a new floodlit Astroturf pitch available for community use.''

I will use my experience and expertise to benefit the schoolchildren of Middlewich.

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