Richard makes important visits to St. Bede's Catholic School & Sixth Form Centre, Lanchester & Consett Academy.
Having great secondary schools is vital to ensuring improving life chances for our local towns and villages.
There have been recent changes in the senior leadership at both schools. Richard is confident that St Bede’s will continue to do well and that the new team leading the trust that runs Consett Academy - as part of the MAT with North Durham Academy - will see significant improvements in the coming months and years.
Little matters more than the life chances of our young people and as always Richard will provide support wherever he can to our schools and continue to raise issues they raise with him in Parliament.