Education Secretary visits Acton schools

Photo caption: Angie along with Education Secretary, Michael Gove, and Headteacher of Berrymede Junior School, Lubna Khan.

Education Secretary Michael Gove visited two Acton schools, Berrymede Junior School and Twyford Church of England High School. He declared himself "bowled over" by the standards at the schools, and seems enthusiastic about Twyford's proposal to partner a new school in the north of the borough. So impressed has he been, that he returned to Twyford for a second time in the space of a week to announce a major review of the National Curriculum.

After the visits Angie said, "I was very keen to get the Education Secretary here to Acton to see some of the excellent education in our local schools. I had already taken him to Berrymede once before, but this was his first opportunity to visit Twyford. As he himself admitted, I never stop reminding him that Ealing has one of the fastest growing populations in the country and we must be a top priority for investment in more school places. I hope that he will now see that there is considerable enthusiasm for delivering the best possible education in Ealing and Acton and any new schools here can only benefit from that."

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