Edward has joined the Archdeacon of Leicester, the Venerable Tim Stratford, Headteacher, Mrs Liz Moore, staff, governors, pupils, and local people to officially open the brand new classrooms at Thrussington CofE Primary School.
Thrussington CofE Primary School, under the leadership of Headteacher, Mrs Moore, is rated as outstanding by Ofsted, and places are much in demand for children from the village, and from the surrounding area. Last year Edward added his voice and support to a bid by the school's governors for additional funding to build brand new purpose-built classrooms to meet the school's current and future demand for places, and to replace a temporary classroom many decades old.
Following the success of that bid, and the hard work of the school with its architects to draw up plans, these were approved by Charnwood Borough Council's Plans Committee, and the building work was completed earlier this autumn. The new block gives the school not only space for more pupils, but new state-of-the-art classroom facilities. The Official Opening, which began with a performance by the school's choir, marked the formal completion of that process and an opportunity to recognise the huge amount of work done to deliver the project by the school, Patrick Rendall, now Chair of the governors, and many others.
After the Official Opening, Edward said: "It is a huge pleasure to have joined the Archdeacon, pupils, the whole school community, and the wider Thrussington village community to officially open this fantastic new classroom block, and to see the result of everyone's hard work. It seems an age ago that I first sat down with the Headteacher and Governors back in 2016 to help support them in their bid for funding, so its great to see the finished building, which fits so well with the existing school buildings.
Thrussington CofE Primary School is a fantastic school which provides a great education for local children, but which also plays a very important role at the heart of the friendly and vibrant Thrussington village community. Everyone involved in this project, and across the village, should be hugely proud of their role in getting this brand new, classroom block built and open for pupils, helping give them a top-quality learning environment, and additional school places, for many more decades to come."