George Eustice MP was delighted to welcome Education Secretary, Michael Gove to schools in Camborne, Redruth and Hayle.
Mr Gove visited Curnow School, Camborne Academy, Trevithick Primary School, and then Hayle, Pool and Redruth Schools. He was incredibly impressed by what he saw, commenting on the tremendous opportunities that were on offer and the success that some of the schools had made of becoming Academies.
George said, "Mr Gove was very impressed by what he saw, whether the focus on languages and enterprise at Hayle, science and international exchanges at Camborne, the focus on reading and literacy at Pool and the new school uniform being introduced at Redruth.
We also visited Trevithick Primary school which educates most of the children who live at Pengegon. Michael Gove was impressed. This school had been failing eight years ago but, today, is rated as outstanding by Ofsted and has just become an academy. Much of the change is down to good leadership and the commitment of the teaching staff and the children were clearly enthusiastic about learning and were happy. The officials who compiled the data on deprived neighbourhoods in Cornwall ought to meet them."
Mr Gove also pledged more money for the poorest children in the region, to read the full article click here.