Cash Boost For Primary Schools

The Learn Academies Trust, responsible for 11 primary schools in and around Market Harborough, has been awarded funding of £200,000 from the government.

It will be used to help boost support for pupils with disabilities and special educational needs and make other improvements including upgrading IT infrastructure.

The grant has come from a fund given to trusts across the country which as ‘high-performing.’

Stef Edwards, Learn-AT’s Trust Leader, said: “We are all absolutely delighted to have been awarded this grant.

“In these challenging times, it will help us to keep the focus of our work on the main thing – high quality learning.

“The grant will enable us to continue working together in fellowship as we strive for excellence in education for our children.

“It’s very exciting and we can’t wait to get started!”

In a letter congratulating the trust, Baroness Berridge, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education, said, “The success of your trust in applying for this fund is a measure of the excellent work you are already doing and the strength of your plans to extend the impact you are making. “You should be justifiably proud of these achievements.”

Learn Academies Trust was founded in 2016 and has 11 member primary schools:

Church Langton CE Primary School, Great Bowden CE Academy, Husbands Bosworth CE Primary School, Lubenham All Saints CE Primary School, Market Harborough CE Academy, Meadowdale Primary School, Red Hill Field Primary School, Ridgeway Primary Academy, St Andrew’s CE Primary School, North Kilworth­, South Kilworth CE Primary School and Blaby Stokes CE Primary School.