Local Member of Parliament, Kate Kniveton, has today (Friday 14th October) attended the official opening of the Bramshall Meadows First School in a ceremony to mark the special occasion. The school is part of the Uttoxeter Learning Trust and welcomed its first pupils last month, increasing the number of school places in Uttoxeter.
Also attending the opening ceremony was Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Education, Cllr Jonathan Price, the Chief Executive Officer of the Uttoxeter Learning Trust, Dr Sarah Clark and Chair of Trustees, Mr Sid Slater. As part of the celebrations, Cllr Price unveiled a plaque, tours of the new classrooms were given, and the children made a time capsule to be buried on site and dug up in years to come.
The school’s intake is for children aged 3 and over until they reach the end of Year 4, with nursery provision also available. As a new purpose-built school, Bramshall Meadows is kited out with the latest equipment and brand-new technology, which will be utilised by both the pupils and teachers
Commenting, Kate Kniveton MP:
“It is fantastic to see the opening of a brand-new local school with state-of-the-art learning facilities. Uttoxeter has seen many new young families in recent years and so I welcome the investment into a new school which increase school places locally.
“Uttoxeter Learning Trust has a track record at delivering a positive learning experience to its pupils and I can see that the children here are going to have a great time, benefiting from the new educational equipment and technology.
“I want to wish all Dr Clark, her staff and all the pupils all the very best for the future as they settle into their new school.”
