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BURTON MP URGES LOCAL SCHOOLS TO GO GREEN
Schools in Burton & Uttoxeter are encouraged to enter competition to win free solar panels worth £15 million
Andrew Griffiths, MP for Burton & Uttoxeter is urging schools across the area to take advantage of British Gas’ £15 million solar panel giveaway. All schools in the UK are eligible to put themselves forward to the company in order to win solar panels, worth between £20,000 and £40,000 each. Schools will need to demonstrate they are amongst the most sustainable in the country before winning the panels, which could cut as much as 20% off a school’s annual electricity bill.
University is not the only route to success
John Crossley
UNIVERSITY is not the only route to success, Burton’s MP has said.
Burton Tory MP Andrew GriffithsWith youngsters across Burton and South Derbyshire picking up record GCSE results on Thursday many are now considering their options for the future.
A worrying statistic published earlier this week revealed nearly one in five young people classed as not in education, employment or training (NEET).
Burton MP Andrew Griffiths, who did not study at university, said youngsters should think about the non-traditional ways which can help them on the road to success.
World class education
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Andrew Griffiths discussing how to improve maths teaching in Burton and Uttoxeter with carol Vordorman.
Welcoming pupils from Thomas Alleyne's school to Parliament
Welcoming pupils from Thomas Alleyne's school to Parliament
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Congratulating Uttoxeter schools, who collected record amounts of vouchers for new equipment
Congratulating Uttoxeter schools, who collected record amounts of vouchers for new equipment
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Meeting with the student council at Burton College
Meeting with the student council at Burton College
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Conservative Housing Minister hails Burton success
Burton’s social housing provider hailed as success by Shadow Housing Minister as a ‘template’ for how similar groups in the country should operate.
Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps heaped praise on Trent and Dove Housing Association, in Horninglow Street, while touring its new 34-apartment Charrington House development next door at the invitation of Andrew Griffiths.
Countdown to Better Maths Lessons for Towns' Tory
The man working to be Burton and Uttoxeter’s next MP has joined the ex star of Countdown in order to improve maths lessons in the towns’ schools.
Anger over school funding scandal
Burton’s Conservative candidate for the next General election has hit out at the ‘scandal’ of school funding for pupils in Burton and Uttoxeter.
