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Wokingham Borough Council And The Closure Of Ryeish Green School

EDM number 1867 in 2007-08, proposed by Martin Salter on 24/06/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Schools.

That this House deplores the decision of Wokingham Borough Council to close Ryeish Green School on the pretext of falling student numbers whilst at the same time announcing proposals for 5,500 new homes south of Reading which will require the creation of a new secondary school to meet the needs of an expanding population; supports the comments of the Ryeish Green Headteacher, Jenny Garner, that the school closure decision was made for political rather than educational reasons; believes that Ryeish Green is a vibrant and good school with evident potential to expand and prosper and that the only reason for the closure is the desire of Wokingham councillors to exclude Reading children from Wokingham schools; congratulates Ryeish Green on a successful Ofsted inspection in March; and calls upon the Schools Minister to intervene in the light of the announcement by Wokingham of increased housing provision in the area, possibly including the Ryeish Green site itself.

This motion has been signed by a total of 9 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Martin Salter24/06/2008Reading WestLabourProposed
Neil Turner24/06/2008WiganLabourSeconded
Howard Stoate24/06/2008DartfordLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer25/06/2008KeighleyLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn26/06/2008Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Martin Caton01/07/2008GowerLabourSeconded
Alan Simpson02/07/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Desmond Turner02/07/2008Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins03/07/2008TamworthLabourSigned

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