ELECTIONS: Yeovil MP welcomes cash boost for seven local schools

SEVEN schools in the Yeovil constituency are to benefit from more than £2m for improvements.

Yeovil MP David Laws has today (Thursday, March 26, 2015) announced the final allocation of money for school building improvements in this Parliament.

The schools in the Yeovil constituency to benefit are Holyrood Academy at Chard; Stanchester Academy at Stoke-sub-Hamdon; Maiden Beech Academy in Crewkerne; and Yeovil’s Buckler’s Mead Academy, Westfield Academy, St Michael’s Academy and Huish Primary School.

“It is really nice to finish this parliament by announcing over 1,000 successful school projects across England which will receive money to fund school building improvements,” said Mr Laws, who is Minister of State for Schools.

“I am delighted that seven schools in Yeovil will benefit from this investment and will receive over £2 million between them to improve their buildings.

“Facilities are by no means everything, but they play an important role in what a school can offer its pupils. I hope parents, staff and pupils are excited by this investment and the opportunities it can bring.”

Mr Laws will be hoping to retain the Yeovil constituency seat for the Liberal Democrats at the General Election on Thursday, May 7, 2015.

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