Christine Townsend

• News / Education

  Primary school which closed due to lack of pupils now used by nearby primary school

  St George Primary School at the foot of Brandon Hill suffered from years of under-funding

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• News / Education

  ‘Medieval institution built on human exploitation’ has no place running schools

  "To use a well-worn phrase, 'in the name of God, go'," says Christine Townsend

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• Your say / Transport

  ‘We must prioritise School Streets where they are most needed’

  Shadow cabinet member Christine Townsend says School Streets need to serve disadvantaged areas

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• News / SEND

  Cases of parents taking council to court over SEND delays tripled in 2022

  The rapidly increasing number of tribunal appeals shows the scale of anger among parents

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• News / Education

  Department for Education threaten to withdraw funding to multi-academy trust

  The DfE are scathing of how Montpelier High School is run

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• News / The Downs

  Views sought to determine future of the Downs

  The Downs Committee wants to know how the common should be managed looking forward

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• News / Politics

  Tory councillor says he will boycott Bristol Beacon

  Richard Eddy says institutions across Bristol have "surrendered to the forces of the left'

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• News / downs

  Renewed calls for Merchant Venturers to relinquish control of Downs

  "They have been exercising power without responsibility for too long"

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