Local schools to receive improvement funds
Priti Patel MP for Witham has welcomed news that three schools within the Witham constituency have been announced as part of the Government’s School Condition Improvement Fund. Thurstable School, Powers Hall Academy and Tiptree Heath Primary School will all be receiving a portion of the £57,654975 which the East of …
Witham MP supports anti-littering campaign
Priti Patel, MP for Witham was delighted to join the team at Braxted Park to discuss their great litter picking initiative with local schools called ‘Let’s Talk Trash’ . This campaign has been set up by Duncan Clark and John Read (Founder, Clean Up Britain) with the objective to raise …
Massive funding boast for rebuilding Witham’s schools
Local MP Priti Patel has expressed her delight as schools across the Witham constituency are set to benefit from a share of the funds from the Government’s school rebuilding programme. Six schools are set to receiving millions of pounds of funding from the Government to rebuild or improve their school …
Witham MP Supports The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge
Priti Patel MP attended a drop-in event in Parliament on 13th June 2023 to showcase her support for the Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge. The Summer Reading Challenge will be running in libraries throughout England, Scotland, and Wales. The Challenge is the UK’s biggest free reading for pleasure programme for …
Priti opens new classroom at Woodham Walter Primary School
On 23rd March, at a special ribbon cutting ceremony, the Rt Hon Priti Patel, the MP for Witham, opened a much-needed new classroom at Woodham Walter Primary School, alongside the Chair of the School Council, 11 year old Mia Scholey. The new £100,000 modular classroom was delivered to the School …
Witham MP meets the Secretary of State for Education to discuss support for schools
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for the Witham constituency, recently met with the Education Secretary, the Rt. Hon Gillian Keegan, to discuss increased financial support for schools in light of recent economic pressures. During the meeting, they discussed the impact of increasing energy bills on school budgets and the …
Priti Patel MP brings Get Witham Reading 2022 to eight local schools
A large number of local schools from across the Witham constituency have participated in Priti Patel’s Get Witham Reading 2022 literacy campaign. Priti’s campaign was established to boost the literacy of school students across the constituency. It has been cited by OFSTED as a strong model of community engagement and …
Priti meets new Headteachers and gets quizzed by students at two Witham schools
Local MP, Priti Patel has spent a morning (3rd December 2021) visiting two schools in Witham. She began with a visit to Maltings Academy during which she met, for the first time, new Headteacher, Sherry Zand and Damian Lee, who is the Executive Headteacher at the Maltings and New Rickstones …
Priti Patel MP secures cash boost for Essex schools
Schools across the Witham constituency are set to benefit from a significant cash boost in their budgets, thanks to the efforts of Witham MP, Priti Patel. Priti has tirelessly campaigned for the introduction of a strategic long-term funding plan for schools and has welcomed this week’s announcement that the Government …
Priti Patel MP leads assembly at Silver End Academy
Witham MP, Priti Patel, has today (23rd May) led the morning assembly at the Silver End Academy, with a presentation on the scourge of plastic waste. Ms Patel is working with the Sky Ocean Rescue campaign to engage with local schools in her constituency to raise awareness of the problem …