St. Laurence’s School applies for classroom expansion
andybodders Shropshire Council has applied for planning permission for a modest expansion of St. Laurence’s Church of England Primary School (22/00158/FUL). The school was built in 1991 to the standards of…
Social mobility in Shropshire is in free fall – we are failing young people
It is not a surprise that the remaining members of the government’s Social Mobility Commission have resigned this weekend. Anger has been growing for months that the government has been…
Shropshire and Ludlow are lagging on higher education – 200 young people a year miss out
I see in the Ludlow Advertiser Philip Dunne is welcoming the increase in young people applying to go university. He fails to mention that his own constituency is performing worse…
Ludlow Teme education centre proposed by Severn Rivers Trust – it looks a great idea
There’s a plan to build a new education centre on the Teme at Dinham. It’s really exciting. When I first heard of these plans, I wasn’t certain how this scheme…
Ludlow library is to be reviewed – I think the right plan for its future is absolutely obvious
Very shortly, Shropshire Council will launch a review of the six hub libraries – Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Bridgnorth and Ludlow. I’ll write more about the review when I…