I had a fantastic time watching performances and presenting awards at the annual Nupura School of Arts event held at Aldworth School. Local Councillors Jay Ganesh, Simon Minas-Bound and David McIntyre joined in too.
In December, the Government announced significant changes to their house building planning policy, giving new powers and freedoms to local planning authorities, such as Basingstoke and Deane, through changes to the national planning policy framework.
Basingstoke’s MP, Maria Miller met with Chiltern Way Academy Trust, the new multi-academy trust set to take over the Austen Academy, Ashwood Academy and Coppice Springs School, to discuss how they will work to turn these schools around to achieve ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted reports.
Basingstoke’s MP, Maria Miller invited residents to meet EEEA -Engage, Enrich, Excel Academies Multi-Academy Trust which will run the new £17.5 million Hounsome Fields Primary School.
Maria Miller MP convened a meeting between Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke College of Technology students, and clinicians from Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust, to hear from students about their priorities for Basingstoke’s new Hospital, as part of the recent NHS Public Consultation.