Championing Education

Shirebrook Academy

Our education services do a phenomenal job with our constituency but with no provision for post-16 and one of the highest computer illiteracy rates in the region more must be done to tackle both of these issues.

 

Mark Fletcher MP brings up Bolsover's lack of Post-16 Provision in the Chamber - 2nd March 2020
Today In the chamber, I asked ministers from the Department of Education what was is being done to bolster provisions for post-16 education in our constituency.

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Mark raises lack of Post-16 Education in Constituency in the House of Commons

Last week I received a letter from one of my constituents who lives in Bolsover expressing their concern over the lack of post-16 education within our constituency,  the lack of choice and restrictive costs of travelling further afield to find the desired qualification and training opportunitie

Mark visits Whitwell Primary School

I had a great visit to Whitwell Primary School today in the beautiful sunshine. The children were very polite and working really hard learning about computer programming, human geography, science experiments and there were all sorts of exciting things going on.

Mark visits the University of Derby campus

On Friday I had the absolute pleasure of meeting with Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Derby, Kathryn Mitchell, about educational priorities across the region including Derbyshire being recognised as an Education Investment Area (EIA).

Bolsover 6th Form raised at Prime Minister's Questions

I was pleased earlier to have opportunity to raise the matter of the lack of post-16 education within the Bolsover constituency at Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.   Thank you Mr Speaker, following on from the publication of the schools white paper one of my most impor

Mark joins in World Book Day at a South Normanton Primary School

It was great to visit the Green Infant School in South Normanton earlier today. They had World Book Day a day early with a visit from a storyteller and had a pyjama dress up day yesterday, I appear to have promised to wear mine next time I visit !

Mark visits Glebe Junior School in South Normanton

I was pleased to have had another opportunity to visit Glebe Junior School in South Normanton last week to have another conversation with their headteacher about the school, parking issues, planned transformation of an old building on the site into a useable space, and how they are getting back on a

Mark Fletcher visits Frederick Gent School

Mark visits Fredrick Gent School to discuss the challenges of the last 6 months with Headteacher Mr Woollard. Today Mark visited Frederick Gent School in South Normanton to speak to headteacher Mr Woollard about some of the challenges that the school has faced and how they have responded to the cha