Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Future Accommodation Model - April 18
Wednesday, 19 April 2017 11:37
Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed) (Con):...In my
constituency, in the village of Longhoughton, which is next door to
RAF Boulmer, we have a primary school that is 80% military
children. The headteacher is extraordinary in the way that she
adapts the teaching to the children’s needs. She has a direct
relationship with the commanding officer of RAF Boulmer so that she
knows what is going on. Those children can be well supported, their
education can be maintained and stability can...Request free trial
Mrs (Berwick-upon-Tweed)
(Con):...In my constituency, in the village of
Longhoughton, which is next door to RAF Boulmer, we have a primary
school that is 80% military children. The headteacher is
extraordinary in the way that she adapts the teaching to the
children’s needs. She has a direct relationship with the commanding
officer of RAF Boulmer so that she knows what is going on. Those
children can be well supported, their education can be maintained
and stability can be provided even though their parents are doing
really difficult jobs. An awful lot of them are coming and going to
the Falkland Islands, which is not round the
corner—they are off on a long old journey. Teachers who are within
the military framework and have lots of military children can
provide the stability that those children really need, but if a
single child is in a school nowhere near a military establishment
we have real problems and see cases of the inability of school
teachers to really understand how best to support such children.
That is a key area...
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